LOGIN“I’ve been in this game for too long,” Senior said. “When I first got the news, I could only think about my legacy. I became obsessed with it. I’m not like you, Walter. I didn’t think about my family, or anyone else. Only myself.” “It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks,” Mr. Hudgens said. He la
“Janice,” Senior said. All smug arrogance disappeared from his voice. “What are you doing here?” “At first I didn’t think I would come,” Janice replied. “After all these years… I didn’t want to see your face ever again for as long as I lived. Better to leave well enough alone. But… after hearing e
I glanced down at my pink blouse and gray slacks. What was so wrong with my outfits? I dressed professionally… mostly. He really thought I needed supervision to pick out an outfit.Looking at Logan, I saw my own disbelief mirrored back at me. This was absolutely ridiculous.“Is that it?” Walter aske
In front of the partition screen, a large table had been assembled, with rows of chairs on either side, facing each other. We took our side, and Senior and his team of lawyers took theirs. There were so many lawyers that many of them had to stand.Senior sat across from Logan, though his glare of di
“He might surprise us,” Dylan said, a shred of hope in his voice, under a healthy level of cynicism.“Don’t hold your breath,” Frank replied.“The problem is we don’t know fully what to expect,” Mabel said. “Well – other than Senior being a crotchety asshole who will try to cheat us at every turn. W
“It’s time to talk to Logan and Hazel and stop this whole thing,” Dylan said. “You are outnumbered and outmatched, with so many people ready to stand against you.”Opening the top of the folder, Senior glared down at the stack of papers in the stack. “Disgruntled former employees. Fake friends. Fami
I was not happy with this arrangement – at all. It was taking everything inside of me to hold my tongue and not lash out further. I knew, in my heart, that Logan didn’t mean to hurt me and that he saw this as the best way forward for all of us.Still, I worried. Soon, I would be leaving town and lik
Pushing past Tina, I exited the bathroom, nearly running straight into Dylan.“Hazel? You okay?”“I’m fine,” I told him, not wanting him to worry about how unnerved Tina’s words left me. He likely noticed, eyeing me strangely. “I just want to get back to my party.”He stepped to the side and let me
“Your… son…?” I continued pointing at the framed picture of Logan, confusedly looking between it and Tammy.“Oh,” she said suddenly. “This must be very confusing for you if you know him. I doubt he talks about us.”“He’s ashamed of us,” Frank said, sitting. Candy curled into the space beside him. On
Logan listened very carefully as Hazel repeated the names, “Frank and Tammy Christopher.” It was as he thought then.He had not heard those names in quite some time.“Logan? Is everything okay?” Hazel asked. “Do you know them?”That was a difficult question to answer. He might have known them. Chri







