Capítulo 529: Empire Building

As Eli came back with his firetruck and babbled on excitedly about the ladder on it, Jason finally made an appearance. He wasn't as obviously distrustful of Gray as his wife and ended up greeting the man on the floor with his son cheerfully enough.

Mandy continued admiring Eli's toy as Jason asked Gray questions about himself. They were a bit tricky to answer. Giving the basic rundown about his degree from MIT and how he used to own an app development company was easy but what came after was more dicey.

"…I ended up retiring from that early and now I work in recruitment," Gray finished somewhat lamely.

It wasn't technically a lie. The underground empire he began building in prison was all about recruitment, mostly involving mercenaries and others with rather specific skillsets.