Running with Revenge

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"Please don't ask me how I've been.

Don't make me play pretend."

The car ride back was mainly Val trying to comfort Lace and also staring daggers at the old lady. Lace's throat hurt from sobbing but that didn't stop her. Everybody was trying to distract the small girl but still, she persisted. When the car roared to a stop, Val swung the girl into his arms, kissing her forehead and muttering comforting words in her ears, as if he didn't just kill her friend. Lace pushes him away and plops on the ground, sitting in the corner.

"I want to go home!" She starts crying again and he has no choice but to allow her.

"We'll go home princess." Val murmurs and takes her upstairs. He goes into his room and changes, grabbing a couple of things to calm her down. Lace dries her tears after checking the doorways, that was fun she thought. The small girl kicks off her heels and opens her bag finding the trusty walkman, letting Queen ring through her ears. Val opens the door finding an angry Lace sitting on his bed listening to music. He lifts her up and puts her back in the car next to him, where she belonged.

The whole Thatcher family walks through the door causing Daliah a heart attack, she looked like she hadn't slept in days. She dismissed Lace and sat the family down, starting to talk about her most recent case. Lace changes into a set of green silk PJ's and storms out the door. Val looks up seeing Lace's features contort into something he's never seen. She walks down the stairs, fury radiating, and starts to sign to Max,

"Your son killed my best friend. Why aren't you arresting him?" Max sighs saying,

"Yes I have a confession but your mother says that he was mentally unstable so I don't have to charge him."

"WHAT! You S.O-ahhhh" Lace gets lifted into Val's arms and he pushes her face into his shoulder.

"Sorry about that, she's just a little cranky. Thanks for covering Mrs.Reigne." He runs upstairs and sits her down on the bed. Val hands her the new sketchbook that she got at the department store. Lace grabs a pencil and starts to sketch a gruesome scene. Val looks over at what she drew only to regret doing that. The seemingly innocent girl sketched out a pair of hands wielding a pencil with blood and it's a reflection showing blood. Val takes this as a sign to leave and pulls his parents out of her house.