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.”

Jasper’s uncle looked sorrowful as he continued, “No matter what, Darrel is still your cousin. He and Terence are different. Darrel’s an honest boy

to do business, but it’s not something us parents can help him with. As his cousin and the most outstanding child in the Laine family, I ask

plan he’s come up with will begin very soon, and your family will get

We’ll get going now,

him. I’ll do everything I can to reduce his jail time. It’ll also be good if you

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

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

graced his uncle’s features and he spoke, “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 a

looked up at Darrel. “Send your parents back first. Contact me if you

and helped his parents back. The two

a problem with you because of this,

that I’m the

Let’s go back first. We’ve spent the whole day

and got into the car