While his childhood memories were mostly happy, and he seemed to be living in relative wealth, all of that changed abruptly when he grew a little older and his father went missing.
Leo was still in elementary school when it happened. One day his father was there— tucking him in, telling him to take care of his mother. The next, he was simply gone, without explanation or goodbye.
In the weeks that followed, their existing life collapsed like a house of cards.
Him, his brother and mother were soon forced to relocate from their mansion when they couldn't afford to pay the mortgage anymore, and they were instead forced to trade it in for a creaky two-bedroom apartment with water-stained walls and neighbors who argued through the night.
However, that was only the beginning of their downfall.
Next year, both Leo and Luke had to change schools.
