Page 33 of Point of Infinity
“Guys,” I yelled.
They both turned their heads toward me. Even with the dark contacts, they had the same shaped eyes. Not sure how I didn’t notice the moment I laid eyes on her in that diner.
“No, you asked me my reasons. What are yours?” She nudged him with her shoulder and then sat down.
He dropped his hands and sat in the chair next to her.
“We’ve put in work for years to make sure what happened to your mother doesn’t happen to anyone else.” He rubbed the arm of the chair. “But just killing Sonny won’t accomplish that, and we don’t need you interfering.”
“But I can help.” She leaned forward.
Patrick looked over at her. His sister.
No one had seen his older brother Marty since his mother died. Besides Dana, he had no other family left. Family by blood anyway. We were brothers, but we grew up very different. I recalled the same conversation when my father died. Him talking me off the ledge of burning Sonny and everything he touched to the ground. We didn’t talk for six months because I thought Patrick had taken his father’s side.
His idea of fucking with the Infinity Kings from the inside out brought us back together.
He sat with his head in his hands. His body tense, his shoulders up by his ears. His internal dialogue warring with itself. Patrick was impulsive, but he’s had it stifled by my counsel and his father’s secret contempt. He stood and stared down at Mackenzie.
“Get her out of here.” He nodded as if it was final. He headed toward the door.
“What the hell?” She stood up. “You can’t just send me away.”
“I just did.” He shuffled back toward her, pointing a finger in her face. She slapped his hand away. It was my turn to standbetween them. “If you can’t make her leave, then lock her up somewhere until this is over.
“Patrick.” I shook my head.
“I mean it.” He headed toward the door. “Keep her out of it.” He paused at the door but didn’t turn back. He walked out and slammed the door shut behind him.
We both stared at the door, expecting him to return.
“What the hell was that?” She turned toward me.
“I don’t know.” I rubbed my face. “But he’s right. I need to get you out of?—”
Muffled sounds came from down the stairs.
“Shit.” I grabbed Mackenzie around the waist, lifted her, and ducked into the closet she’d popped out of.
“What are you doing?” She struggled against me and pushed away, heading for the closet door. I pushed her up against it. “What the fu—” I slapped a hand over her mouth. She elbowed me in the side of the head. I grabbed the back of her neck, and she scratched at my arm and lifted her foot, no doubt to kick me in the shin or worse. She stopped struggling when she heard Sonny’s voice.
“You had something to say to me, Stacks?” His voice was low.
“Yeah, uhm, I just hope with this information, you’ll see my loyalty.” Stacks sniffled. “I joined the Infinity Kings because of you, Sonny. You’ve always been like a father to me. I only went along with Patrick because I thought he made some sense about the future of the club, but I didn’t realize you weren’t on board until it was almost too late.”
“I understand,” Sonny said. “And Patrick brought you in. You have loyalty to him, too. I get it. I don’t think this is about Patrick. It’s Reid calling the shots. Always has been.”
“That’s right.” Stacks’s voice came out in a high-pitched screech. “It’s Reid. He’s been doing all the talking in these meetings.”
“Who else was in these meetings?” another voice I didn’t recognize piped up.
“Uhm.”
“Listen, I just want to protect them.” Sonny sounded almost jovial. “They were just confused like you were, and we need to talk to them and make sure they understand the truth.”
“Yeah, you know, we all look up to Patrick, but lately he’s changed.” Stacks sniffled against. The guy had had a cold since junior high.
“Here, write down the names of who we need to talk to and then go and enjoy the rest of the party.” The room went silent for a while. “Where’s Patrick and Reid?”
