“Because you start from the position that you are broken and work backward from there. It’s axiomatic. ‘There’s something wrong with Jack Hunter’ is the fundamental idea that defines your worldview.”
Jack hesitated.
His mother’s face softened, the anger draining out of her. “But,” she said. “You only get like this when something is upsetting you. So, why don’t you tell me what it is?”
Pressing his palm to his forehead, Jack sighed. He ran his fingers through his hair. “Before we went on our mission, yesterday,” he began, “Harry said that I was reckless and irresponsible. That in starting ‘my little revolution,’ I put his family and his girlfriend at risk.”
“And do you agree with that assessment?”
Jack shrugged, grinning sheepishly as he marched past her. “I honestly don’t know,” he re
