BRAIDED BROOD

ind the wheel of a screaming yellow supercar; Kyle Skyler, the nation's reigning pop ido

re's an important announcement about your grandfather that will be made a

im alone: "If you don't come, I will keep the cir

and stood at the front of "Jupiter's suite" w

ir keys to the valets without a glance, and walked in to

s they strode through the soaring marble reception hall, people from all diff

itting room reserved for family matters, standing

Huxley demanded wi

is Grandpa?" Jeffery added. Three ques

itation card. The trio stared at it and were surprised;

uxley stared at the card as if i

tire day for this

t all three of you in one r

d questioned him. "Was it you who contact

ation? Like, are you for

g," Jeffery s

ight," Skyler muttered,

"Hey, you're not the only o

he wedding as a family," York s

he three cous

of nowhere, and now we are getting a new g

id I won't go,"

ting again?" Skyl

invitation card to the floor w

York's voice cra

issed and walked away. "No, you are Kyle Je

ork to see. "I'm out too. My schedule's pa

as left with Y

ked. "You have to come," York told him. "Of course, it's Grandpa's fifth

rainy afternoon he had first brought Jeffery to the Jupiter Mansio

he mansion. York told the reserved young Jeffery. "We've prepared a room for

n excuse to answer the call. Left alone, Jeffery wandered and started

ou?" Huxle

ll are you?" Je

e you new here or something?" He smiled. "Oh! You are the new cleaning gu

point, his hand was already curling in

e shouted his nam

d. York remembered the two boys sitt

usins," York had

. Kyle Jeffery is the son of you

just ridiculous." Huxley studied Jeffery's face like he might find t

next. "I mean, what kind of great family are you from that they kept you hidden

ed away ten years ago," Jeffery answered c

before bursting into hysterical la

ns or something? It wasn't even that long ago that he took that busker kid off the streets, and now yo

to things around her

have to get u

upiter Company headquarters, staring out over the sprawling city skyline. T

the chairman asked,

ny of them will

I feel. I can't do all these things by myself any longer; I can't run the company alone.

uite young, sir," Yo

"But I'm sure I'll see which one of them deserves the position by watching th

s,

let them off the hook for their mistakes, just because they're young, all of that will add up eventually

erstan

nder the hood of a vehicle when a screech of tires cut through the ai

he shouted, slamming his hand on the hoo

ntinue acting this way." The manager replied in a low,

ague. "Gosh! Not that guy again." His coworker groane

shouted at the manager even more. "Hey!

ked, "But why i

mes has it been already? This is like the fifth time, and he keeps threatening to post a bad

engine, and drove it straight into the blogger's car, slamming hard enough th

his face turning purple.

answered coolly as he s

grabbed a fistful of Jeffery's overalls. "What? What did you ju

both repairs. Get whatever you want fixed, but in exchange, you must apologize. Apologize and don't come back here with this enti