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.”

Darrel is still your cousin. He and Terence are different.

but it’s not something us parents can help him with. As his cousin and the most outstanding child

you hadn’t asked me, Uncle. The business plan he’s come up with will begin very

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

decided that I’ll find the best lawyer I can for him. I’ll do everything I can to reduce his jail time. It’ll also be good if

he doesn’t hold any information he knows back from the authorities to help with the investigation. Another reason being that good behavior tends to

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

you know a lot of people. Farmers like us don’t even know where to look for a lawyer. I’ll have to trouble

up at Darrel. “Send your parents back first.

helped his parents back. The two looked

wouldn’t have a problem with you because of this, right,

“He knows better than anyone that I’m

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

tense shoulders and got into