Jack was moping. Not that he would admit it. As far as he was concerned, he was behaving perfectly rationally. Holing up in his apartment for the rest of the weekend was perfectly fine. Other people did it all the time. Besides, he was working. He had one final article to write for The Playbook, and then he had to do a live stream as JJ and the Kid for his other YouTube channel.

Carter had managed to reschedule the interview with Thomas Blayne, but it wasn’t for another month. Carter was pissed about it, but Jack didn’t really care. It was extenuating circumstances and really, this was all Carter’s...