No kid wants to hear his father cheating on his mother.

Philip never thought those words would apply to him. His dad was Alexander Hamilton, famed Secretary of Treasury, and his mom was Elizabeth - or, Eliza, as everyone called her - Schuyler-Hamilton.

Why would any of them cheat on each other ?

Yet, here he sat, a bench right next to the bustling newspaper stand. ’ The Reynolds Pamphlet ‘, they called it.

His father had cheated on his mother with a woman named Maria Reynolds. Taken money from his own home, just to pay for Maria’s husband - James Reynolds - to keep quiet about it from his mother.

Not like the money mattered to him. He was too focused on the fact his dad cheated.

Dozens of people passed by, almost all - like him - holding the most recent paper. The press were having a field day - the fact the Secretary of Treasury had cheated on his wife was amazing for them.

But they didn’t have to deal with the consequences.

People whispered to each other as they passed Philip - things like ’ oh look, it’s the Hamilton boy ! ‘ or ’ poor kid, can’t believe his dad did that. ‘ The pity felt almost as bad as the insults.

He stared at the segment of the paper on the Reynolds Pamphlet, lost in deep thought. He was merely 15 - yet his dad thought it was okay to cheat on his mom ? While she was away with him and his aunt Angelica no less.

But Philip felt stuck. What could he do ?