Felton, who met Wright last August, has big, almond-shaped eyes and a bright, toothy smile. She is 2 feet shorter than her fiance. Wright moved in with her in February. They plan to marry in August. Wright says he barely fits inside their home, and declines to be photographed there.

Gone are the coaches and hangers-on who pushed him to the basketball court. He says recent DNA tests prove two of the four children are not his, and he is trying to end his child support obligations and his connections to their mothers.

Wright's goal now is to make his life as simple as possible and keep it that way.

"Every day I have to decide whether I want to live or die," he says. "If I want to die, I can go back to drugs. If I want to live, I can keep coming to Morning Star.

"I find comfort here."

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