“So you left Gentry’s home and went off on your own again?” Alpha Houston said, trying to make it sound like a question
Shaking his head, Kurby answered, “Not at first. No. It didn’t take me long to get my GED and I went right into college. I got my BS in accounting and worked while doing it. I needed money if I was going to be able to find out what happened to my mom.”
“And did you?” Jigger asked, then clarified, “Did you find out what happened to your mom?”
Kurby snorted, “I didn’t get the chance. Gentry had found out about a pride not far from where my mom had given birth. He didn’t want me going anywhere until I turned twenty-one, but I wasn’t willing to wait. The second I got that degree, I quit my job, cleared out my savings and took off. I went to the pride, I did everything G
