A Flash of Light

"If there is anyone who is out of place right now, I'd say that is you, Uncle Luke; don't you think so?" Jason asked as he walked towards them.

His palm balled into fist at his side as he stopped at his mother's side.

"Jason! I am your uncle; I won't take such a tone from you," Luke North said, trying to speak with the confidence he lacked at the moment in the presence of Jason.

"You should show us some respect, Jason; we are your uncles," Terry North interjected for emphasis.

Jason turned to stare down at Terry North, who looked away, unable to bear the brunt of Jason's stare.

"You should behave in a way that deserves respect, and right now all I see is you disrespecting my mother," Jason fired back at them.

Luke North's face was puffed up and red with anger as he stared at Jason.

"You have always been this way, showing off yourself because our father made you the sole heir to all that he has," Shawn said from the entrance.

Behind him, they could all hear the merriment and laughter t