The Ingenious Liam Price

129: Gone Too Soon

It turned out Sinclair was the only child of his struggling single mother. Amanda Jacobs was still grieving her son after his coffin was lowered into the grave and covered with mud. It was a hot Friday afternoon, exactly two days after the accident and the funeral attendants had withdrawn to the small apartment to console Sinclair's mother.

Liam could barely even look her right in the eyes because he was filled with self-hatred, blaming himself for the cause of Sinclair's death because if Sinclair hadn't worked for him from the onset, he would have been alive.

Avery was there too, along with Big Tony. They were all dressed in black to pay tribute to the boy who was like a younger brother to them. No one saw his death coming, he was fit and well until the accident.

And even though Amanda showed her gratitude to Liam for funding the funeral, Liam still felt it wasn't enough. There was this hole boring into his chest the more he thought about Sinclair. He could feel the boy's presence t