Vice and Virtue

Chapter - 22

  ‘We can’t be brooding over his death forever. What were you planning to do with little Jesus right there, Ryan?’, the moment I stepped in to the kitchen, Renae was all business. ‘Okay, that guy saved my life out there. So cut me some slack okay, I can’t just say thanks for saving me, see ya and leave. This stuff is a bit too much for us to take care of ourselves’. All 3 of them just stared at me with a blank expression. ‘How are you able to be sarcastic in this situation Ryan, I just don’t get it’ Lauriel snapped. ‘I mean, I get that putting on a strong front but it’s not like everyone can do it so effortlessly like you, you know. Anyways, cut her some slack and behave okay’. Honestly speaking, I always knew Lauriel was talkative but I never expected her to be talkative and serious at th