Taking a deep breath, I grabbed my drink and downed it. “I don’t get how you can be so level headed about everything.”

“It’s my job. It was my job to keep you and Nate out of trouble. Now, it’s my job to make sure I keep trouble off the streets of my town. It takes a level head and an understanding of how the world actually works. Not just the little bubble you’ve grown up in.”

Charles handed me a beer bottle as I leaned against the wall, looking at the mess our game had ...