Post by Leese on May 12, 2024 21:09:23 GMT
28th April, 2024
"Here," Kam says, holding out the ring that Ryan had thrown at him to Mark. "This is yours."
Mark had asked Kam not to leave the venue as soon as the show had finished, and he'd agreed. Waiting in one of the corridors with Cole - the two had ridden to the show together - he's fully expecting Mark to come at him with an attitude, not only because of what had happened to Revvy, but also because of Ryan's actions in his match with Lyra.
Mark takes the ring without a word and slips it into his pocket. He grabs his cousin by the elbow and leads him towards a closed locker room door. "We need to talk."
Kam doesn’t protest and walks with him. Cole and Kai - who had arrived with Mark - take the hint that whatever is being discussed is private and stay where they are.
"You need to take care of your son before I do it myself," Mark warns after closing the door behind them, "and you're not gonna like that."
"If you're talking about the Revvy thing, it wasn't Ryan."
Mark scoffs. "Oh, I'm pretty sure it was."
"You heard as well as I did, she said it was a couple of big guys." Kam shrugs. "She didn't get a good look at them, she didn't recognise any of them, but they were big guys. I dunno if you've noticed, but Ryan is not a big guy."
"I dunno if you've noticed, but he just beat the shit out of your girlfriend with my sister's ring," Mark retorts.
Kam rolls his eyes. "She’s not my girlfriend."
"That's what you're gonna take from that?"
"Look," Kam sighs. "I dunno how he got the ring or what he's trying to do but-"
"He's working with Chelsea," Mark says abruptly, cutting him off. "He got that ring from Chelsea."
"Well how did she get it?"
"From Ryan." Mark heaves out a breath. "It's a long story."
Kam decides not to even question that and deduces it's probably a story for another day. "What makes you think Ryan had anything to do with what happened to Revvy? You haven’t exactly endeared yourself to too many people, have you?" He shrugs. "Other than Revvy, Kai, Roscoe and me... Who else you got? More enemies around here than friends, Mark. It could have been anyone. Serena, Cassie, Scott... hell, even Alex, just for fun."
"And then there's Ryan," Mark suggests. "The one who has a problem with both of us."
Kam heaves his shoulders, clearly still not convinced of his son's guilt. "Why, though?" he asks. "What is his deal?"
"He's mad that she rejected him when he decided to shoot his shot," Mark explains, "and somehow that's my fault."
"You really think he'd take that so badly that he'd go around attacking everyone close to you?"
"Yes," Mark says simply. "Why are you defending him?"
"You'd do the same for your kid."
"You know what, Kam?" Mark shakes his head. "I don't think I would."
"Really?" Kam raises his brows. "Remember it wasn't all that long ago you were on her side and keeping it from me."
Mark closes his eyes and sighs in frustration. "I was never on her side, Kam, don't be stupid."
"You were in her bed," Kam retorts, folding his arms.
"We're not gonna go there right now. You know it wasn't anything like that."
"Did you sleep with her, yes or no?"
“Kam, come on.”
"Yes or no?"
Silence.
Kam's voice rises slightly as he asks again, "Yes... or no?"
"YES!" Mark yells. "Fucking YEARS ago, Kam! It wasn't-"
Hearing the raised voices, Cole and Kai take it upon themselves to stop whatever may be starting and enter the room, stopping Mark mid-sentence.
"Is this about Ryan?" Cole asks tentatively.
"Yep," Mark says, keeping his eyes on Kam.
"Maybe I could talk to him?" Cole suggests. "You know, as someone kinda removed from the whole... situation. I may be able to get through to him or at least figure out where his head is at."
Mark shakes his head. "He's too far gone for that. Talking isn't gonna do anything at this point because he never listens."
"I think he's just a kid who's looking for a reaction," Kai offers. "I dunno what he's trying to achieve or why, but it's like he's... rebelling or something."
"I don't know what he's trying to do," Mark concedes. "I don't know what his endgame is, but it's not gonna be good for him."
Kam speaks up again after a frustrated sigh. "You don't even have any proof that it was him," he says. "My money is on Serena having something to do with it. She keeps saying she's gonna make you pay and stuff."
Mark ignores him and focuses his attention on his other cousin. "I want him next show, Cole," he says as he heads for the door. "If I don't find him before then."
Cole turns to Kam as Mark leaves the room and opens his mouth to say something but his brother speaks before he has a chance to. "No. Don't do that. Nothing good will come from that. Don't even suggest it."
Cole nods silently as Kai heads for the door. "I'm gonna go make sure he's alright," he says with a soft, uneasy smile before exiting.
"Give Ryan to Kai or something, I dunno," Kam says to his brother. "Might appease him a little bit until I can figure out what's going on."
"Here," Kam says, holding out the ring that Ryan had thrown at him to Mark. "This is yours."
Mark had asked Kam not to leave the venue as soon as the show had finished, and he'd agreed. Waiting in one of the corridors with Cole - the two had ridden to the show together - he's fully expecting Mark to come at him with an attitude, not only because of what had happened to Revvy, but also because of Ryan's actions in his match with Lyra.
Mark takes the ring without a word and slips it into his pocket. He grabs his cousin by the elbow and leads him towards a closed locker room door. "We need to talk."
Kam doesn’t protest and walks with him. Cole and Kai - who had arrived with Mark - take the hint that whatever is being discussed is private and stay where they are.
"You need to take care of your son before I do it myself," Mark warns after closing the door behind them, "and you're not gonna like that."
"If you're talking about the Revvy thing, it wasn't Ryan."
Mark scoffs. "Oh, I'm pretty sure it was."
"You heard as well as I did, she said it was a couple of big guys." Kam shrugs. "She didn't get a good look at them, she didn't recognise any of them, but they were big guys. I dunno if you've noticed, but Ryan is not a big guy."
"I dunno if you've noticed, but he just beat the shit out of your girlfriend with my sister's ring," Mark retorts.
Kam rolls his eyes. "She’s not my girlfriend."
"That's what you're gonna take from that?"
"Look," Kam sighs. "I dunno how he got the ring or what he's trying to do but-"
"He's working with Chelsea," Mark says abruptly, cutting him off. "He got that ring from Chelsea."
"Well how did she get it?"
"From Ryan." Mark heaves out a breath. "It's a long story."
Kam decides not to even question that and deduces it's probably a story for another day. "What makes you think Ryan had anything to do with what happened to Revvy? You haven’t exactly endeared yourself to too many people, have you?" He shrugs. "Other than Revvy, Kai, Roscoe and me... Who else you got? More enemies around here than friends, Mark. It could have been anyone. Serena, Cassie, Scott... hell, even Alex, just for fun."
"And then there's Ryan," Mark suggests. "The one who has a problem with both of us."
Kam heaves his shoulders, clearly still not convinced of his son's guilt. "Why, though?" he asks. "What is his deal?"
"He's mad that she rejected him when he decided to shoot his shot," Mark explains, "and somehow that's my fault."
"You really think he'd take that so badly that he'd go around attacking everyone close to you?"
"Yes," Mark says simply. "Why are you defending him?"
"You'd do the same for your kid."
"You know what, Kam?" Mark shakes his head. "I don't think I would."
"Really?" Kam raises his brows. "Remember it wasn't all that long ago you were on her side and keeping it from me."
Mark closes his eyes and sighs in frustration. "I was never on her side, Kam, don't be stupid."
"You were in her bed," Kam retorts, folding his arms.
"We're not gonna go there right now. You know it wasn't anything like that."
"Did you sleep with her, yes or no?"
“Kam, come on.”
"Yes or no?"
Silence.
Kam's voice rises slightly as he asks again, "Yes... or no?"
"YES!" Mark yells. "Fucking YEARS ago, Kam! It wasn't-"
Hearing the raised voices, Cole and Kai take it upon themselves to stop whatever may be starting and enter the room, stopping Mark mid-sentence.
"Is this about Ryan?" Cole asks tentatively.
"Yep," Mark says, keeping his eyes on Kam.
"Maybe I could talk to him?" Cole suggests. "You know, as someone kinda removed from the whole... situation. I may be able to get through to him or at least figure out where his head is at."
Mark shakes his head. "He's too far gone for that. Talking isn't gonna do anything at this point because he never listens."
"I think he's just a kid who's looking for a reaction," Kai offers. "I dunno what he's trying to achieve or why, but it's like he's... rebelling or something."
"I don't know what he's trying to do," Mark concedes. "I don't know what his endgame is, but it's not gonna be good for him."
Kam speaks up again after a frustrated sigh. "You don't even have any proof that it was him," he says. "My money is on Serena having something to do with it. She keeps saying she's gonna make you pay and stuff."
Mark ignores him and focuses his attention on his other cousin. "I want him next show, Cole," he says as he heads for the door. "If I don't find him before then."
Cole turns to Kam as Mark leaves the room and opens his mouth to say something but his brother speaks before he has a chance to. "No. Don't do that. Nothing good will come from that. Don't even suggest it."
Cole nods silently as Kai heads for the door. "I'm gonna go make sure he's alright," he says with a soft, uneasy smile before exiting.
"Give Ryan to Kai or something, I dunno," Kam says to his brother. "Might appease him a little bit until I can figure out what's going on."