Chapter 1
Jake stuck his nose into the pages of the book and pretended to read. It was an excuse so he didn’t have to deal with the men in black suits sent to fetch him.
Well, snatch him was more like it, for that was what they did after they interrupted his class and asked the lecturer to see Jake. Once Jake set foot outside the classroom, he they grabbed him and escorted him to his parents’ limo. Only after he was tucked safely inside did the men spill the news. Jake’s father had passed away the day before and they were taking him home for the funeral. Jake was unprepared for such terrible news, not that he felt sad about it. His father had mostly ignored him. Welther Sr.’s silence regarding the decline of his health was unremarkable, and Jake was surprised that he was summoned home. H
