Chapter 65

“Excuse me, this has nothing to do with my family. Can you all just leave us out of this?” Ronald says bravely. There isn’t a hint of fear in his voice and I applaud him for that.

He also stands up from the couch, despite a literal gun being pointed at his face.

“Ronald, no,” Marilyn says softly.

“No. No, Marilyn. He wants to be a hero, let him be one.” Jason says.

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Oh, this is not good.

“Sit down, Ronald. Do not tempt me.” Griffin says as he adjusts his grip on the gun.

“Give me the gun,” Jason says to Griffin and he doubles back.

“What?” Griffin asks, clearly taken aback by what Jason is saying.

“I said, give me the gun now.” Jason shows his hand, which is already ready to receive the weapon.

“To do what exactly?” Griffin asks him. “Jason, what we need to do right now is to collect who we came here for. And that is Rose, remember?”

“Don’t talk to me like I’m dumb. Of course, I know what we came here to