Devlin’s parents divorced when he was just a toddler. His father soon remarried a much younger woman who had a daughter of her own. Despite his demanding job within the US Army, he managed to admirably take care of both his families and thus he became a role model for young Devlin.

At the age of 14, Devlin’s mother passed away after a hard-fought battle with cancer. He moved in with his father, stepmother and stepsister, although the latter was mostly away in Europe to study.

Soon after his 18th birthday, his old man told them he was scheduled to go on tour in Iraq and although the details of his mission were secret, he did let them know he is bound to return in 3 months.

Three months passed. And then four. And then five and Devlin started asking questions at the local army centre, but strangely no one had ever heard of his father, and shockingly there was no one with his father’s name even registered with the US Army.

After six months they receive the news that his father was killed. “He saved many lives”, they said, “a hero”, they said, “our deepest condolences”, they said, Devlin was devastated when he heard the news, but his father always told him a true man stands tallest when the burden is heaviest. So that’s what he did.

Devlin chose to remain in his stepmother’s house in Meadows Ridge and attend the local college - he’s the man of the family now.

School hadn’t yet started and Devlin was just settling in when one day, going through his father’s stuff in his office, he made a puzzling discovery in one of the old duffle bags.

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