Totally Family [Three Trinities Haven Church]

[Ezekiel]

Cruz was eager, and that was all Zeke had ever really wanted – for the boy to understand he offered good things to those who deserved it. There was no gloating about it and no dwelling on his previous mistakes. Zeke wasn’t after humility, and he did not truly care if Cruz learned any lessons from his escapades. After a beat, he grinned and flicked the coin in the air for Cruz to catch. He barely moved from his lazy recline, but he did enjoy the expression on Cruz’s face then. The coins were always random, and each one was its own journey. Sometimes they represented favours, sometimes they were invitations, sometimes something else. Truth was Zeke made it up as he went, according to whim and the interests of his… investors. He knew who Cruz was. What Jivana did. And there was some interest in putting strings on a toy like that.