Chapter 5
Micah was torn between the jubilation of finding a spirit kindred to his own, and dismay that he’d succumbed to the seductive temptation of betraying the true status of his familial regards. Jefferson had censured such conditions without pause, and while it had been a relief to believe during those moments that his family was wrong, the guilt that arose afterward almost dwarfed it.
This was the only family he had. Their perspectives were just as valid as his own, and to dismiss them would fall into the same failings his father did. No, Micah firmly believed that the best course of action was to continue as he was—polish his work to faultless perfection, then publish it to accolades his family could not ignore. Everyone would be satisfied then. Rather, everyone would be as satis
