BEN POV

As predicted, my mother showed up at my apartment first thing in the morning.

My grandfather had given me a day off so that I could choose a wedding dress worthy of the Rebel family name, but I knew deep down that he was just sucking up to the media.

He wanted our family in the headlines.

I sighed deeply and let my mother in, and she looked around my apartment with distaste.

“You need to get yourself to a better neighborhood, Ben, but it’s a good thing that ...