All eyes were on Grey, who was staring blankly at the ground of the van. “Grey?” Jem asked, leaning in and holding his hand.
“It’s fine,” Grey said, finally peeling his eyes off the ground to look at the rest of them in the newly renovated van. “Let’s continue; we need to find Levi’s bond.”
“Are you stupid?” Jem snapped, scowling at him. “You just found out Hunter died. He was a piece of s**t, yes. But he was still your father.”
“No, he wasn’t. I’m not his kid. My mother was pregnant with me when she signed the contract with him. He thinks I’m his child. Or, well, he should, I don’t know.” The van was quiet as everyone seemed to soak in the new information.
“You should go to his funeral,” Rosalyn said after a while.
“I’d rather not.”
Jem grabbed Grey’s hand, and they left the van des
