Stephanie Ramos

I'm sure my dad wasn't part of that.

But my mom and Eugene, my dad was like, I'm going to go watch sports or something.

Like we said in our last episode, Sandy Prier never liked Eugene.

Whether that paternal instinct was justified or not, it was true that Lauren and some of her friends were no strangers to some light mischief.

Bryce remembers smoking cigarettes with Eugene after school and spending time at his place.

You guys were rebels.

I mean, smoking cigarettes, cutting class.

Yeah, let's just say we were a little bit more resourceful than a lot of other kids at that age.

But some teenage mischief aside, Bryce was clear about who Eugene was.

He would have been the last person to jump in.

If, like, we got a scuffle with any guys from, like, a different school and, like, there was any kind of altercation, he would be one of the last people you want to have your back.

Not really a fighter?

No, not a fighter at all.

And by all accounts, Eugene and Lauren's breakup, after four years or so together, was amicable.

We just had a talk, and we both kind of agreed, like, we just had a mutual breakup.

We were kids.

The two went their separate ways.

Their lives went on.

And then, Lauren lost her mom.

By the time Leslie Prier was murdered, Lauren and Eugene had been broken up for about three years.