Chapter 165

• "They think that I'm just upset that I lost a lot of money and a lot of credibility, which I did. I was the idiot kid who thought that I could build an empire only to be screwed over my own family. It took me years to win back that trust and reputation, and sometimes I'm still not taken seriously. But it's a lot more than that, a lot deeper than that. So I can't be in a room with them all and play nice and shake his hand and pretend that everything's all completely fine because I'm not that kind of guy"
• Beside me, Amelia shuffles her body closer to me and rests her head on my shoulder, her hand softly scratching my scalp and the back of my neck.
• "I get it now. I didn't understand why you felt this way about seeing your family because to me they seem so caring and wonderful"