Jayden's brow furrowed even as he was still trying to crawl away from Richard. How was this even possible?
Even as he wondered, he knew it could be true. He hadn't gone to see his father after he had gotten sick, and he hadn't seen the man's body. He hadn't gone to the funeral, if there even was a funeral. Hell, Jesse said he had money from the sale of the house, but he hadn't seen it. It could have been from Nicholas, for all he knew.
"He- He said you were- He lied?" Jayden choked out. "Jesse lied to me?" More than anything in his life, the thought of Jesse lying to him hurt like a knife through his heart.