Chapter 12

“I’ll call him and be there with someone from the APPD at three.”

“Ask him if I can sit in, in fact, make a strong case for it? I need to be there.” Reggie sat down on his overstuffed sofa.

“Okay, I’ll see what I can do.”

“Don’t see, do it.”

“I think I understand. Mark is your Beau. I just hope you don’t wind up like I did.”

“Mark isn’t like that.”

“Neither was Beau in the beginning.”

* * * *

Mark called Reggie at two-thirty. “Jack said he told you about this, I don’t want you to get involved with my troubles with Billy.”

“Since you got into that trouble defending Bobby, I’m already involved, so are Keith, Jason, and Zach. All the team is going to the club tonight, even the straight ones.”

Mark sighed. “It’s not your fight. If he hurts someone, I’ll feel responsible.”

Reggie spoke in a firm voice. “We’re going to keep you surrounded. If he wants you, he’ll have to come through us.”

“You have no idea what Billy is capable of doing.”