[Ellie's P.O.V.]
As if he was complaining, Kirk sighed as he complained to me. "I'm almost an adult now, which means that I'm getting closer to inheriting the position of gang leader. The third-in-command on my grandfather's side has been forcing me to learn all kinds of things. Occasionally, when they deal with business affairs, they'll let me listen in too. They'll even let me handle some things by myself, and occasionally force me to read the financial newspapers of recent years."
For some reason, he stopped speaking and carefully glanced at my expression, swallowed his saliva, before saying, "Today, I read on the internet that Alpha Anton had bought Arya River, which is where my father died."
