I'm sorry you're having a hard time with him, but as other people have discovered, it's hard to play a genuinely violent or sociopathic character in this kind of setting. You have to walk a fine line, or else you have to figure out another role for your character to fill. You might want to talk to Suzene, since we have some ideas coming down the road that might help you.

As far as Laura goes... I think she definitely is going to take off at the end of the year and try to wrap her head around everything on her own. I'm not going to drop her, but will probably pull back from playing her a whole lot until I figure out some things for her.