Pausing, Charlie then added, "And as I'm sure you know, my in-laws can be a handful. If they knew how important I am, they'd be shouting it to the whole world, and all of my plans would be left in disarray."

"Makes sense," Jeremiah nodded solemnly after some thought.

Both Elaine and Jacob, especially Elaine, were so volatile that they couldn't care about anything else once they got upset.

Jeremiah sighed gloomily at the thought. "Charlie, your father and you are both the single pillars that k