As if his plate weren’t already overflowing, the past week had been a relentless grind. Between the WilPharma scandal and the chaos at Harvardville Airport, the news of Senator Ron Davis’s death in his office just added to his mounting concerns. His list of crises seemed to grow longer by the day.

Now, babysitting an adult wasn’t exactly on his agenda, and he was less than thrilled about it.

“Great, a nepo-baby,” Leon muttered under his breath, his frustration clear as he knocked on the door. The so-called politician, who worked for Davis and was now notorious as a suspect, had an important trial ahead and was currently imprisoned until the verdict. Unfortunately, this left Leon with the task of looking after the politician’s adult child.

“Look,” Leon said, his patience wearing thin as he addressed the silence on the other side of the door, “I just want to get this over with.”