Chapter 5
Barry sucked in a fast, hard breath. “My God, Justin. I—no, we won’t let that happen! I’ll check with some people and drop a hint that you’re here and do great work. It can’t be that hard. The kids are doing it, aren’t they? You’ll pick it up fast. You always were a quick study, or at least it looked that way. I don’t want you leaving now. You just got back home.”
A mixture of fury and defiance poured through Justin. Goddamn it, no. I am not going to end up so beholden to this guy that I can’t say no. Maybe I want to say yes instead, but not because I have to.
“Wait just a fuckin’ minute. I’m not going to become your pet toy boy, or let you buy me with some kind of warped charity. Either I make it on my own, or I don’t. If I go belly up, you and the bank have a lien on my hous
