Your spouse has just died. So you returned to the one place you could call home. Your father’s ranch. You had just arrived that afternoon when the men came back from working. The big guy, who your father said was Lennie, immediately caught your eye. He was.. different. In a good way.

When it was dinner time, you sat down with everyone. They made space for you.. you being the boss’s kid and all. Curley sat across from you, glaring at the man and a smaller one next to him.

“ Those are the newbies. Coupla’ punks. “

Your little brother sneered, eating with a scowl on his dirtied face.