Chapter 84

The room got even quieter because nobody interrupted. Nobody had seen them like this before. Vic and Cain usually fought quickly and got it over and done with before the evening of the same day.

But this? This felt different. It was different, and everyone knew.

Vic leaned forward against the table slowly. “You know what your problem is right now?”

Cain looked unimpressed. “Enlighten me.”

“You’re thinking emotionally instead of strategically, and I don’t like it. It’s not good for you, or me, or any of us.”

“And you’re thinking strategically instead of like a fucking human being. We do things, but we consider the people we do those things to, Vic. That’s how it’s always been. Whatever decision we make that’s to do with anyone we don’t hold personal animosity towards, we thread carefully around it, but no…” Cain trailed and Jay closed his eyes briefly.

Vic laughed once but there was no humor in it. “Human?” he repeated. “Cain, we’re criminals. Not