"I am so running a background check on him," Jake countered with a knowing smirk. "You can't stop me. It's my right and my responsibility as your guardian. I wouldn't want you falling in with the wrong crowd especially if I can help it."

He would hear no argument. He wouldn't dig too deeply on this kid, just enough to make sure he didn't have any priors and wasn't in some gang that he didn't know about.

"You would do the same thing in my position and you know it."