While I was doing my homework on Friday night, my cell phone started ringing. I looked at the caller id, seeing that it was Dax. "Hello?" I said once I answered it.

"Artemis, I kind of need your help," Dax said. "It's Seb."

"Is everything okay?" I asked.

"Well, kind of," he said. "I really, really hate to ask, but do you have about fifty dollars?"

I raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

"I have to bail my stupid brother out of jail again," Dax said.

"Seb was arrested?" I asked. "Wait, again? He's been arrested more than once?"

Dax sighed. "Yeah. He gets in trouble a lot, either fights or vandalism....