"That sounds suffocating," Max doesn't have to stretch his imagination far to know what that probably felt like. Erik never let him go anywhere alone. He wasn't even allowed to drive or grocery shop on his own.

"You probably feel really out of place here, like you don't know what you're supposed to do. People in higher tax brackets don't really do a lot of picnic potlucks, do they? Not like this. If you need a wingman to help you navigate it, I don't mind helping."