16 Jace Jace had entered the pool house looking for Sienna, knowing he'd been away for too long. The meeting with his father had, as usual, left him feeling inadequate and angry. People mellowed with age, but not his dad. The man was hell-bent on cheating the aging process. His father worked out every day. Took anti-oxidants and supplements to keep his energy levels up. Each of his wives was younger than the last, as if he was trying to absorb the vigor of the younger women who still flocked to him. His current wife—number five to be precise—was only five years older than Jace. Thirty-five to his father's sixty. And when Jace had originally asked for his inheritance, Darren had been very clear. He was willing to bail him out one last time, provided … he came back and joined the fami

