“Nope, but you don’t look nineteen, either. Are you sure you are?” Derek kidded.
“Yeah. The one thing I managed to escape with, other than the clothes on my back, was my wallet. Not that it had anything in it but my learner’s permit. They stole my money. I was supposed to take my driving test to get my driver’s license, but I got stupid before that happened.”
“You got conned by an expert, Joe. It wasn’t your fault. By the way, and maybe you don’t know, did the men running the trafficking ring ever get arrested?”
“They did. It was the one bright spot in my life back then. I was dumpster-diving and found an old newspaper with a story about it. Well, I guess it was the same ring. It must have been because I recognized the name of one of the men who was arrested.” He shook his head. “That, I’ll never forget. Brock Weldon.”