Page 111 of Inflict

It made sense.

Connor still couldn’t say if he was on the right track or not.

He felt like he was, but that didn’t mean anything.

“Where else would he go?”

Killian looked up from the magazine in his lap. “Hmm?”

“I’m thinking out loud, that’s all.”

“Should probably stop that, Connor. You’re beginning to overthink, and that’ll do you no good, boyo.”

Killian was right.

Connor couldn’t help it.

“What if I fecked up and missed something?”

“And there you go, ‘round the feckin’ bend in a right state, mate. Don’t do that to yourself. Even the lawyer mentioned he had put in for fake passports and other stuff for Sean recently. He left breadcrumbs behind, but it made a whole slice of bread in the end.”

“That’s a shite comparison.”

“No, you’re just in too much of a mood to understand.”

Connor scowled. “Do you blame me?”

Killian shrugged. “This is quite an event for a woman, mate. That’s all I’m saying.”

Fair enough.

“Find a woman you love,” Connor dared his friend, “and get back to me on that one.”

Kilian chuckled, settling into his seat like he might try for a damn nap. “I’m too busy chasing after your woman at the moment to worry about finding my own.”

“I’d hit you, if we weren’t stuck in a feckin’ plane.”

“I have to get my shots in where I can, Connor.”

He went back to the stack of information in his lap, ignoring the flight attendant when she came around with a cart of drinks and snacks. Without warning, Killian grabbed the file out of Connor’s hands, slapped it closed, and shoved inside his jacket.

“That’s enough of that,” Killian said.

“Give me the file back, you damn cunt.”

“Have a nap.”

“Give me—”

Killian passed Connor a sad glance. “Stop thinking for a while. You’re already crazy enough. Don’t add to it.”

Well, then …

“It helps me to be calm,” Connor admitted. “I don’t understand him, and the stuff inside that folder helps.”

“Maybe that’s half the problem. You’re more focused on being in Sean’s head, rather than using what’s inside of your own, Connor. You can’t put yourself in Sean’s head, he’s not like you, mate.”

“Some might think differently, given my issues and tendencies.”