Sixty Four

ELLEN

The room was tense, and the silence that we shared was thick enough to be cut through with a knife. The four of us stood in that sitting room with eyes fixed on each other.

We all wanted different things at that moment, but there was no way to satisfy each of us at the same time. We had our different ideologies on priorities, and it was beginning to play out.

"Suzy has to be first on our list." Cole yelled, with a glass of wine in his hands.

"And why is that? Because she's your wife?" Tommy fired, losing his patience already.

"That's one reason, and the other is because you all got her into this mess. She was innocent, and had nothing to do with all of this, until you all came along."

Big Joe scoffed, shaking his head slightly. "Now is not the time to apportion blames, Cole." He warned, but Cole being the insensitive, drunk fool that he was continued.

"Why shouldn't we? After all, Ellen got her into this mess, so why can't she get her out?" He que