__EARLIER THAT DAY__

AIDAN

“How many more papers do I need to sign?” I asked with an exhausted grunt to my attorney over the phone.

Barely an hour after landing in Vermont pack, they were already calling me from Attica to sort out shit. Couldn’t they understand that all I wanted was to get changed, and go see my family?

The thought of seeing the looks of surprise and then excitement on Tara and Nadia’s face when they got their gifts made my chest lighten and put me in a considerably better mood to take the call.

I put the phone on speaker and tossed it where I could see...