MAVERICK

Sitting before Moses Braddson, the billionaire tycoon who owned Hover Company, gave me a different perspective about wealthy people. This man was intimidating as hell but also humble.

“Where are your family from, Maverick?”

“My grandparents are from around here. I was born and raised here, too. I don’t know about my father, not even his name.”

The food was delicious, and he probably had celebrity chefs to cook for him. The dining room looked like a banquet to me. His estate was the biggest I had ever been, even bigger than Beatreigh’s.

“My mother was the best, while my father was a son of a bitch patriarch. I...