Joshua slowly opened his eyes. He pretended to be asleep, and waited until Alice and Alina had left, then he stood up. Joshua was Warren Rowland’s love child. A month ago, a man found him and told him. Joshua remembered the man named James Rolston who took him out of town and into Future City. Joshua didn't like the farm. There was nothing there. Joshua didn't like Future City either where people were rude and greedy. But he wanted to see his father. Joshua's mother died years ago, so he went to stay on his uncle's farm. It wasn't that bad, but Joshua, staying under someone else’s roof, was always the laughing stock. Then he learned to be patient. He hoped that one day he would grow up and leave the farm and the town. He hoped to find his father, whom his mother never mentio

