Sonny was Hank’s only child—and the Brown family’s only grandson.
Only when all other options ran out did his grandparents finally start valuing him. They no longer dared to make him serve his cousins like they used to.
Aunt Chelsea still grumbled now and then, but every time the older Browns heard her, they’d scold her into silence.
These days, Sonny barely interacted with his aunt’s three kids. The two older ones were more than ten years his senior and now adults. They hadn’t made it into university and were attending junior college. Their job prospects weren’t great.
Aunt Chelsea was now hoping Sonny would put in a good word for them with Duncan—maybe help them land positions in the Lewis Corporation. Or even better, place them in the York Corporation where there’d be better pay and promotions. Anything to secure their future.
But Sonny never agreed.
When he occasionally ran into his cousins, the eldest would apologize and act friendly, calling him “cousin” and pretending they were close.