Life at the Top

By the time he arrived downstairs, Captain Vaughn’s team had already left with Terence and Zayden with them.

Darrel and his parents were still waiting grimly for Jasper.

Jasper walked over and turned to Honey and her husband. “Uncle, Aunty, would you prefer we go back to my place and talk there?”

Jasper’s uncle waved him off despondently. “It’s alright. We just have a few things to say and then we’ll go home.”

Jasper replied seriously, “Please do, then. I’m listening.”

Jasper’s uncle looked at him and said, “In all honesty, we can’t nor do we intend to blame you for what happened today.

“However, it wasn’t a nice feeling to send our own son off to prison either.

“Darrel is all we have left now.”

what, Darrel is still your cousin. He and Terence are different. Darrel’s an honest boy and he’s not the kind who would

his cousin and the most outstanding child in the Laine family, I

that even if you hadn’t asked me, Uncle. The business plan he’s come up with will begin very soon, and your family will get to relax and enjoy

nodded. “That’s nice, then. Very nice. We’ll get going now, don’t

I’ll do everything I can to reduce his jail time. It’ll

back from the authorities to help with the investigation. Another reason being that good behavior tends

way, he’ll most likely be able to get out in three

“That’s for the best. You’re a capable boy, Jasper, and you know a lot of people. Farmers like us don’t even know where to look for

“Send your parents back first. Contact me if

helped his parents back. The two looked like they

a problem with you because of

that I’m the last person

this. Let’s go back first. We’ve spent

massaged his tense shoulders and got into the