While Trevor wasn't sure what to do as he could see that Tanya was angry, he thought he could calm the tenseness between them by just saying what she'd like to hear.

Still, for some reason, what Charlie had said reminded him of his own childhood and adolescence.

At that time, tattoos and smoking were already the least of the vices that people pursued to look cool and trendy. Some of his friends had even joined gangs or become addicts despite their young age. The worst ones would be caught shoplifting, committing armed robberies, or getting involved in gang fights, ultimately ending up in prison or dying in the streets.

Trevor himself was aware that his parents had been there for him when it mattered, to discipline him whenever he was about to go astray. That was how he had made it into a famous college and eventually earned a scholarship before kick-starting his career as a professional baseball player.

Remembering that and considering what Tanya had been doing, he was starting to