Chapter 20: Chapter 20

“Ten, eight, and six. They’re great. They don’t understand what their dad did or why, and they certainly haven’t forgiven him. I try not to meddle, just explain where I can. I won’t be the one he’ll point at when he wants to figure out who ‘poisoned their minds’ or some shit.” She snorted in a way that told Kaos she knew what she was talking about. Maybe she’d been a child of divorce, then.

“So there’s another female-run studio somewhere near, right?”

“Yeah, so that won’t work as a draw either. Those girls are good, and they’re in a bit bigger city, but it can’t be easy there either.”

“Do you have another job?”

“Oh yeah, I do websites and book covers as a side job. Good thing I learned to code and use Photoshop when the kids were little.”

“Smart of you,” Kaos agreed. He cleared his throat then and took a sip of coffee to calm his nerves. “There’s more that you should know about me. Not just the jail time.”