The two spoke at the same time and stopped as the car moved forward.

"You go first," Mike said.

"Hayden is busy, and I don't think he can take it any longer. He's still a child, after all." Avery had wanted to ask Hayden to join them for dinner, but Hayden had told her that he could not make it at the last minute.

"Just talk to him while he is on break, and set a curfew for him."

Mike agreed that Hayden had been working himself to the ground recently, and he knew why. Hayden had witnessed all the things Elliot had been doing to Avery and he held a grudge against Elliot.

Hayden had a strong and proud personality and was definitely planning to counter Elliot's move.

"Yeah," Avery agreed and asked, "What were you going to say?"

Mike shook his head. "Nothing much. I just think that it's a good thing that all cards are on the table with Elliot. I don't want to waste my time yelling at him anymore."

Avery glanced at the neon lights on the street outside the window. "We don't really