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The brilliance of the approach lay in its mirror effect. By taking his claim of being a “free person” at face value, she forced him to confront the staggering weight of adult responsibilities that he had previously ignored. When Aaron first saw the note taped to his door, his reaction was one of predictable teenage fury. He crumpled the paper, threw it on the floor, and left the apartment to cool down. However, the silence of the “real world” began to set in quickly. While he was out, Heidi began the process of “repossession,” removing the items from his room that he had not yet “earned” or paid for under the new agreement.
