In the end we had a good time. When the boys and I weren't having secret meetings we were making our women happy. We only had to take them to task once when we overheard them talking about shit they shouldn't know about.Dana Sue was even bolder now that she had new recruits for her crew. They basically told us that they weren't putting up with our silence anymore and we had a battle on our hands.By the time we left the women had bonded so now we had four sets to worry about containing instead of one each. The SEALs seemed to think they could control their women but from what I saw I wasn't so sure.We left and headed for home in a much lighter mood so I was in no way ready to deal with finding the asshole sheriff at my gate."What the fuck does this hump want now? I thought I told you to stay the fuck off my property." I hopped off my ride and walked over to put my face in his. He had brought three cars with him, what the fuck?The short fuck squared his shoulders and gave me a
"Well shit!" I heard her screams as I paced back and forth outside the closed bedroom door. Everyone else on the ranch was either outside in the yard or in my living room waiting for news, except my brother Kyle, my cousin Travis, and my friends Brand and Clay who were leaning against the wall across from the door watching me.I felt like an extra in a bad Western movie or some shit. If it were not bad enough that Dana Sue had gone into labor damn near in the middle of the night, she'd also have to choose a night when it was hotter than hell and I'd been out on one of my seek and destroy missions.It's sheer luck that I'd made it back in time to be here for her when she needs me, only now Doc Sommers and her old ass refused to let me into the room. Barred from my own fucking bedroom, ain't this a bitch.All the other women were in there holding her hand but me the husband and father had been relegated to pacing the hallway. Apparently I was making a nuisance of myself.Not sure wha
"Colton come on we've got to go, get a move on.""I thought that was next week!" She had me halfway out the door but I was still dragging ass."I'm very sorry oh mighty one, that Dana Sue and her baby decided to offset your schedule; had something more pressing to take care of did you?" The older she gets the more she loses her damn mind."You sure the kids are going to be okay?" She rolled her eyes at me and opened the door, like she was going to leave me if I didn't get the lead out. "They're fine, they have all their grandparents to look out for them; now come on it's not like this is the first time we're doing this."She had a point; and this is the reason I don't like this friend shit, when the fuck did I become 'that guy'? Kat and her shit. I've been in and out of Georgia more in the last year that I have in all my life put together. Each time a kid dropped she had to be there. Her ass should've taken midwife classes. Then again, nine kids, so."I don't see why I need to be
I looked at my watch for the tenth time in five minutes. Time seemed to be at a standstill just when I need that shit to move faster. She'd been in there for hours, her screams getting louder until she was hoarse."Come on brother, she's going to be fine. We did everything right." Kyle clapped me on the shoulder as the others nodded and put in their two cents. Clay and Brand ran through all the things we'd done to make the place ready for the babies and their safety on top of all the shit we've had to do to make sure our women were safe as well. It's true that the guys and I have had many a late night sit down about the changes we're gonna have to make around here when the babies come. I don't mind admitting that I've had a sleepless night or two over the idea of being a father, something I got used to the bigger she got.But right now I'm sweating for a whole other reason. Something that scares me more than all the other bullshit I've been dealing with after coming back home to cl
The door opened behind me and Kat walked in. "I'm sorry Dana Sue, that husband of mine.... Never mind, I'm here now." She all but pushed me out of the way until she realized I wasn't about to budge, so she took her pain in the ass self over to the other side of the bed."How is she doing doctor?" The doc gave her a rundown on what was going on. Something about centimeters, and what the fuck ever which she seemed to understand. I just kept my focus on my wife while they talked but I have to admit she seemed a lot more relaxed now that Kat was here.Ten minutes later the kid came screaming into the world and I didn't breathe until I heard the words 'it's a boy'. "Yes! Thank fuck… I mean, thank you baby you did good." The other three looked at me like they wanted to gut me.I felt like laughing and didn't know why and then I smothered my wife with kisses while my heart beat wildly in my chest. "Thank you baby." I wiped the tears from cheeks and kissed her one last time while behind me
They were mine to protect, to love, to shield, to shelter. It was a frightening and sobering thought and yet it filled me with such strength, a different kind of strength; an inhuman strength that made me feel like I could move mountains. They were both so perfect, my wife and child. An unexpected gift that I will never stop being grateful for. I held his little fingers on one of mine and smiled down at his questioning look. Already giving me shit, just like his mother."Hey buddy, sorry, didn't mean to disturb you." He went back to eating and wrapped his little fingers around mine and I felt that shit in my heart. "He has a nice strong grip look at that; he knows I'm his daddy."He should! She'd had me talking to him while she was carrying him because we'd read in one of the million books the women have floating around here that it was good for him. Apparently some asshole had decided that kids can hear even while in the womb, I still don't know how the fuck they figured that on
They walked through the door and I was surprised he'd let her out the house. She looked like she was ready to pop any second. She said her hellos and waddled her ass over to the coven, which were still going strong.It's strange how that works whenever we're together now. We no longer have to tell the women to stay out of our shit; they just find their own corner out of our way and leave us alone. Not that I trust that shit, I think Mancini's woman organized that shit.I'm pretty sure she'd taught them that it was easier to play along than to fight us. Speaking of which, "You hear from Mancini lately Lyon?" I love the way his hackles rise whenever I mention the spook as he calls him, or the SEALs."Fucker, he keeps sending my kid shit to experiment with, thinks that shit's funny because he doesn't have to deal with the fallout." He leaned forward in his chair, hands clasped as they hung down between his knees and all semblance of the carefree guy who'd just been sitting there was go
I stayed awake long into the night looking over my wife and child and turning shit over in my head. My deal was almost over, Junior was back in the area according to Intel and once I see to him and get rid of the asshole sheriff I can turn my complete focus on the assholes Colt was talking about. And then there was the senator; fuck, I'd forgotten all about him.Brand's woman was ready to get that shit going now that her kid was here so it was looking like we were going to be making that call in the next few weeks give or take. Not sure how that was gonna go down, but I have a pretty good feeling that the man in question is going to do the right thing. How he's going to react to finding out he had a kid after all these years, not to mention who her dear old grandpa is, is anyone's guess, but the Hayden St. John I know from his public persona strikes me as a very standup guy, he won't blame his daughter for that shit.The only problem I have with that whole situation is that him bei