Page 48 of Point of Infinity
“And was I delulu or did I hear your mom and his dad hooked up?” His eyes grew wide. “The two of you could have been step-siblings.”
I shuddered.
“He tell you about Dana?”
“Yeah, our little sister.” I nodded. “I’ve always been alone. Now I had this whole new family. “What’s she like?”
“Beautiful but all attitude and she’s boy crazy already. When she dates, I’m going to jail over her for sure.”
We laughed.
“We’ll defend her honor together.” I leaned in and kissed his cheek.
“Nice to meet you, sis.” He kissed our clasped hands. “Get out of here so I can get some rest.”
“You kicking us out?” Reid walked back in. He wrapped his arms around me and rested his chin on my shoulder.
“I can’t get any good sleep with you two hovering. Go.” He pointed to the door. “Get some rest.”
“You’re exhausted.” I took her hand. “Let’s get out of here.”
“Take Carter with you.” Patrick closed his eyes. “I want guys with us at all times. No one travels alone.”
“I got it covered.” He leaned over and hugged his best friend. “Don’t give the nurses a hard time.”
“I can’t promise that.” Even injured and with one good eye, he pulled off the cocky biker grin perfectly.
“We’ll check on you later.” Reid saluted. Patrick saluted back.
I pulled Reid through the hospital. We exited the entrance, down a few steps and into a waiting black SUV.
“Hey, Carter.” Reid patted the blond in the driver’s seat on the shoulder.
“Hey, Reid.” He shifted in his seat. “How’s he doing?”
“He’s going to be fine.” He pointed at me. “I’d like you to meet?—”
“Mackenzie.” I finished for him.
“I guess no need to hide anymore.” He kissed the side of my head and leaned his head back.
“Nice to meet you, Mackenzie.”
“Kenzie is fine.”
“Kenzie it is.” He nodded, put the car in drive, and pulled away. We drove for about twenty minutes through the small city of Morristown and got on the highway toward the airport. We pulled off the highway into an industrial part of town and pulled up near a warehouse building. A garage door rolled up, and we drove in.
A few more cars and bikes were scattered across the open space. It felt like Batman’s cave, dark, with strategically placed spotlights that shined off the high-glossed cement floors.
“Thanks, man.” Reid opened the car door and slid out. He turned to help me down and took my hand.
We walked toward the elevator. Inside, Reid pressed a key fob to the sensor, and the elevator ascended three flights and opened into another room. It had the same high-glossed flooring, but with large windows and carpets separating the living room from the kitchen. I didn’t have time to take it all in. Reid led me to one end of the room, through a sliding door, into his bedroom. To the right, the sun was setting, casting gold onto the New York City skyline.
“Wow.” But we didn’t stop. We continued into the bathroom through a door past his king-size bed. I could have fallen onto it and slept for a week. But Reid had other plans.
Once in the bathroom, he dropped my hand and turned on the shower. He tested the temperature. Once it was to his liking, he turned back to me.
He unbuttoned the top buttons on his shirt and then pulled it over my head.
