The Abandoned Long-lost Son
"Jason already completed his Ph.D. early. Aren't you his family? How could you not know that? And as for where he went after graduation—that's his personal choice. If he didn't tell you, how could I possibly know?"
My parents were left speechless.
Carson sat there, silently twisting the button on his cuff, lost in thought.
Back home, my parents began pulling every string they had, using their connections to search for me across the country.
They fed others a pretty excuse—that this was about finally inducting me into the Wheeler family trust at the annual founders' ceremony. Never mind that in eighteen years, they'd never bothered to add my name to the registry.
Carson shadowed them like a n