As soon as Hunter said that, Clint closed his eyes and the air rushed out of him in a heavy sigh. "Fuck a duck," he mumbled, and accidentally poked his son in the nose with his bottle because he lost his concentration. Zephyr was already 100% done with the bottle bullshit anyway, and when Clint tried to get him to take the bottle again, he started to scream the place down. "Alright, alright, kid." He put the bottle aside and stood up, scooping Zephyr up onto his shoulder so he could take him for a little walk back and forth by the window, rubbing his back. He wasn't a good eater, much like Holly wasn't. Whereas, Hols had a medical condition, Zephyr jus got a diva streak off his other dad, and fuck knew Linc's was a fucking ocean wide. If the kid didn't want his bottle, he just didn't want it. But his tears settled as soon as Clint was bouncing him a bit and rubbing his back. His train of thought was derailed with Hunter dropping the bombshell about the HIV risk. "The kid fucking wiped himself out, bud. You ain't the same person on Ice, just like you ain't the same person psychotic. He's got two fucking strikes. Anything's fucking possible. But wasn't he pretty outta it after the runts had their chillout sesh? Would he have fucked if his triggers were raw? I know fucking can be an issue for him sometimes. Ain't Sash Ace? Narrows the chances a lil', I guess."
"Can't fucking rule out blackmail at all. It fits her fucking her MO. And I think she's probably jealous as all fucking shit that Mark's got the kid when he's successful and rich, and she had him when he was, as she probably fucking thinks, was worthless. It's easy to fucking say Mark's genes are responsible for the kid's illness, but it's his fucking mother who ain't playing with a full deck. Pimping a fucking child out like that is fucking vile. We gotta look at this thing from all angles, and one of the biggest is that she controlled him his whole life. Then she lost control when he came to Mark and Mark took her down. Blackmail ain't outta the picture, but I'd be more inclined to think this is a revenge act. She wants to take Mark down, not the kid. The kid's incidental. She might wanna ruin his rep, but do you know whose rep I think she wants to ruin more?" He pointed at Mark with a nod. "And as soon as she lets slip the kid's been fiddled by blokes as a child, ain't gonna be a far step for her to slap the same accusation Mark. Or on his brothers. Or father. Or anyone that'll cause his life to be ruined. She'll use the kid to her advantage. She did it his whole life, and she's been in the fucking slammer for months seething with anger."
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"Can't fucking rule out blackmail at all. It fits her fucking her MO. And I think she's probably jealous as all fucking shit that Mark's got the kid when he's successful and rich, and she had him when he was, as she probably fucking thinks, was worthless. It's easy to fucking say Mark's genes are responsible for the kid's illness, but it's his fucking mother who ain't playing with a full deck. Pimping a fucking child out like that is fucking vile. We gotta look at this thing from all angles, and one of the biggest is that she controlled him his whole life. Then she lost control when he came to Mark and Mark took her down. Blackmail ain't outta the picture, but I'd be more inclined to think this is a revenge act. She wants to take Mark down, not the kid. The kid's incidental. She might wanna ruin his rep, but do you know whose rep I think she wants to ruin more?" He pointed at Mark with a nod. "And as soon as she lets slip the kid's been fiddled by blokes as a child, ain't gonna be a far step for her to slap the same accusation Mark. Or on his brothers. Or father. Or anyone that'll cause his life to be ruined. She'll use the kid to her advantage. She did it his whole life, and she's been in the fucking slammer for months seething with anger."