Aaron
It had been strange.
Coming from money like Aaron did, he had never been to the public library before. Nothing was hard for him to come by. Not books or knowledge.
Not with the money of the Wallace name.
Despite the wealth he came from, he was raised not to flaunt it. His parents kept their money on the down-low, not wanting to make a target of themselves.
Besides, as they taught Aaron, it wasn’t how much money you had. It was what you did with it. And whether you could build something with your own two hands instead of relying on handouts.
Of course, when his parents said that, they were definitely referring to building a business. Aaron took their words a bit more literally than they had intended when he discovered his love of carpentry.
He was sixteen by the time he was se
