The lights are dimmed in the restaurant. I can see my good friend Jarrod Thorpe talking to the maitre de as Aurora and I approach.

I haven't seen much of Jarrod in the last month. I still haven't told him about his father and my mother or the fact that my brother Ayden is his brother too. I've been avoiding that conversation by avoiding him. It's remiss of me and something I will have to fix.

He looks up as I come to a stop in front of him.

"Landon, my ...