Atticus Flynn has been a member of the Dolan Syndicate since he was a teenager, and a trusted fixer for the mobster family for the last ten years. He's who people go to when they want to get something done, when a pair of hands are needed that don't mind getting dirty. The Syndicate has set him up in the suburbs of Racine, British Columbia, making him the go-to source for when suburbanites have shady work they want handled. So long as they have the money, and the family approves the job, Atticus will do almost anything requested of him.
He never expected one of his customers to be an eight-year-old girl. When Skylar bangs loudly on his front door early one morning, Atticus isn't sure how to respond. Her request that he play the role of her father at the next parent-teacher conference throws him off even more.
She's got the money for it, though, and his bosses are absolutely delighted at the prospect of Atticus having to play family for an afternoon. So now Atticus has to not only figure out how to play the role of guardian for his pretend daughter, he also has to figure out how to navigate the surprisingly intense world of the PTA.
A shame he can't bring his gun.