Side story: Ray's Crash Course In Life 9

Ray was nervous. He was awfully nervous. He was more nervous than the first time he had to stand in court...

After calling his father and uncle the previous night, they promised to meet him for brunch the next morning. But now, Ray wished he'd made it for the next day of the day after, or even next week. He would have been good with never meeting them again too...

After having dinner with Sarah and Elias, the two of them began a hectic nightmare. Ray had never spent such a tiring night in his life. Constantly interrupted sleep, mixed in with frustration at not knowing what Hunter wanted as he kept crying. Ray wanted to slam his head into the wall more than once and even with the help of both his cousin and his fiance he still felt so tired that he could drop asleep if he let his guards down...

"I never hated mornings this much in my whole life," Elias said as he navigated the car toward his parent's house occasionally sipping from his too dark coffee