"Last time I didn't accept 'fine' he screamed at me," Tuck said back. He looked at Stutely as Scarlet laid things out for him. Tuck was more concerned about the bruises he could see, but Stutely's sudden attitude worried him too.
"Of course we wouldn't have let you hang. I'm curious too. Has everything we- Have you been resenting us this whole time?" If so, Tuck felt like the biggest idiot on the planet. Here he had thought Stutely was becoming his best friend, but was it built on lies?