True North: A Wordsmith Chronicles MC Standalone by Harlan Christopher

Author:Harlan, Christopher
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-04T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty One—North—Way Back When

“. . .among men like us. . .”

“You were right, North.”

It’s a hell of a way to start a conversation. Good to hear, but unexpected coming from Joaquin’s mouth.

“Was I?” I ask. “What was I right about, exactly?”

“Everything you said the other day, you were right about all of it. We don’t need to back down to that motherfucker. We didn’t start this club to puss out to other MC’s that try to push us around. Especially that one.”

He looks fired up now that we’re talking about it, but that concerns me. Of the two of us, Joaquin’s always been the more emotional, the one more likely to let how he feels dictate how he behaves. I’m the calm one. The calculated one. The one who can keep a slow heart rate through almost anything. I get angry just like Joaquin, but I never let my anger control the things that I do.

“I was talking shit before,” I tell him. “We were fighting, and I was pissed off from having to be around Travis. That advice I gave you was my ego talking. I’ve thought about it since, and I don’t think taking Travis on is a good idea. We should just sell to him.”

Joaquin looks betrayed by my words. The look on his face changes from happy intensity to confusion quickly. “What?”

“We should just sell to him, I said.”

“For that bullshit, low ball price?”

“He didn’t seem to be willing to go any higher,” I tell him. “I tried.”

“I’m not accepting that,” Joaquin says defiantly. “I’m just not. Shit, it was you who said that I shouldn’t.”

“I know, and now I’m saying that you should. Cooler heads have prevailed. It’s a bad idea to say no.”

He looks bewildered. I understand why. I told him the opposite of what I’m saying now very recently, but I mean what I just said—I gave it some thought, and I know how Travis will respond if he feels slighted. The man is a sociopath, plain and simple. Now, I have no degrees in psychology to make that diagnosis, but I’ve personally seen him do things that only the sickest and most depraved of humans are capable of. Not only have I seen him do those things, I’ve seen him take pleasure in doing them. I’m not afraid of the man, but he’s not to be crossed if it can be avoided.

Joaquin throws his hands up. “I don’t get you anymore, man. I really don’t.”

“There’s nothing to get, brother. Poking the hornet’s nest isn’t a smart play right now. Not where we are as a club.”

“There it is again, North. That we shit you keep referencing. Let’s be clear on this right now. There-is-no-fucking-we any more. You made that choice. There’s just me and the few guys who are left.”

“Exactly, dip shit, that’s exactly why you can’t take Travis on over some bullshit like a clubhouse. It’s suicide. Unless that’s what you’re going for. But I don’t think leaving Ana a widow, just to save your pride, is something you want to do right now.

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