The death of his parents has left Jackson with a cold, angry resentment where his heart used to be. Jackson always hated the life of constantly moving from home to home, unable to put down real roots and establish real relationships with anyone, all in the name of his father’s job. Jackson is deeply angry by the fact that he and Jessica were left behind while his father drug their mother over to the most dangerous place on earth without even thinking of the possibility that they might not return and now he is left to pick up the pieces and to take care of himself and Jessica. Jackson fought heatedly to keep he and Jessica from being sent to live with their Aunt Hailee. As far as he’s concerned, neither of his parents’ families has been there for he and Jess up until now, why should he trust them to be now?
