Jake slowly made his way up to the stage with a humble smile. This was way too much attention for him.
He had always been someone that liked working in the shadows, he liked being treated as an ordinary member of society. He was sure that after today that would practically be impossible.
"Jake." His cousin's uncle, Emilio Reyes said as he shook the younger man's hand.
"Thanks Uncle Emilio." Jake said with a nod as he did his best to seem happy.
"You know that after this your dad might change his tone about things, right?" Emilio asked Jake.
"I do, but I'm not sure if that's what I still want." Jake said with a shrug.
As a young man he had been conditioned to believe that his goal in life was to inherit the family business and run it someday.
When he had made the bold decision of working as an ordinary employee at the Reyes Group after he had graduated from University, his father was furious.
