~ GAVIN ~
I pulled into the brick paver driveway of Edward’s luxurious mansion. It was the kind of house that appeared in magazines — the kind average earners liked to critique, as if they would ever come close to owning one. His security would recognize my Maybach Exelero from a mile away, not just because it was the only one ever built, but also because I visited my younger brother every other week.
With just a year and a few months between us, Edward and I were nearly twins and we grew up doing pretty much everything together. Now our paths were two parallel lines that would never meet — at least not in the open.
He was the CEO of our family’s multigenerational company, married to a good woman, blessed with the cutest daughter and another baby on the way. He was the responsible man
