At ten fifty-seven, he pulled open the heavy glass door that led to the physical therapy center. On his left, a bank of glass windows offered a glimpse into a state of the art gym. At least it looked like a gym. Rows of treadmills and stationary bikes gave way to weight machines and contraptions that resembled modern-age t*****e devices. Surprisingly, the space was buzzing with activity. It shouldn’t surprise him, given how Prairie had virtually risen from the ashes like a phoenix after a devastating tornado almost two years previous. Thanks to his mother’s boyfriend, billionaire Zack Forte, and Mason Carter, a family friend of his cousin Maddie’s husband, Prairie had transformed from a sleepy one-light, blink-and-you-miss-it village, to a legitimate bustling small town.
A man who looked
