Chapter 5

The barrage disappeared again.

I headed back home anyway.

When I spilled the details about Rolland and Dorthy to my parents and brother, they were livid—practically fuming.

Most of the texts I'd gotten right after landing, the ones pushing me to tear Rolland a new one, had come straight from them.

"That beating wasn't nearly enough!" my brother snorted. "Once he's back on his feet, we'll jump him a few more times!"

I felt a little sheepish. "I vented my frustration, yeah, but...

"But what about the business ties between our families?"

The Hayes and Arias families had been locked…