"He told me about that... He said he was just talking about his glory days and the guy got the wrong idea. It's not my dad's fault when people are impressionable." Axel argued stubbornly because he had letters at his place that said the exact same thing and he was just repeating it. It wasn't James Jesse's fault that people were stupid and let themselves get deluded over his past crimes. Besides, his dad said he didn't want that for Axel. Cause he was smart and brilliant. He fiddled with one of the buttons on his jacket. "He won't use me. You'll see."

He'd show Leonard. "Hartley makes good cookies. Better than mine. I make a pretty good muffin though."