I nod rather than deny the fact, sure that she won’t be upset about my prior knowledge. I nod to show I’m listening because I don’t have any actual words to say; I nod to agree that Jake does believe his father is some womanizing man-whore and still despises him for it … Ironically. Whatever she took my nod to mean, I hope I covered all bases.

“Jake was already becoming more than a handful. He’d gone off the rails, with that hot blood and impulsive nature of his meeting ...