Chapter 26
NICK stood next to Aria on the little porch of the estate's cottage and looked around. The grass was healthy and lush, the front porch swept clean. Suspended from the porch was a hanging basket of spring flowers. It didn't look like any place he'd ever lived as a child.
The main house, run by the Montgomery-Lawson Trust, stood several hundred yards away. It had once been a plantation house and now held thirty boys ranging in age from six to eighteen and ten full time staff. Raymond took care of the grounds and the vehicles, and acquired old vehicles, refurbished them with the boys, and sold them for a profit that then supported the estate.
When the door opened, Nick had to stop himself from running away. A part of him didn't want to have this scene. Some very human side of hi
