Jess lasped into silence, since no one responded to what she said. Lena held her a bit more tightly to that, and kissed her hair.
Victor watched all of them mill around, trying to be kind and supportive. They seemed so happy to be reunited with him, but they didn't know what a terrible person he was. He couldn't stand it.
"I told them to hurt her!" he blurted out so suddenly that Thomas, who had just tried to moved closed to hug him, dropped to the floor in shock. He stood right afterwards, looking sheepish and his ears turning red. Thomas didn't like yelling.
And now everyone was staring at Victor, even despite Thomas' little performance. Now JJ's loved ones knew he had broken and tried to use her to distract the demons. They would never let him in their home now.