The next morning she questioned me up one side and down the other about my run the day before but I didn't share. "Why don't you focus on Thanksgiving babe, isn't it like in two days or some fuck?" I planned to stay around the house today and the kids were staying home. They were going on break in a few days anyway so it shouldn't matter."No, I want you to tell me why we took the kids outta school and why Tommy and the others have been staked out in my kitchen all night.""No.""Colton, are we in trouble?" I hated that tremble in her voice, hated that she was worried."No baby, you know I would never let anything happen to you, but there's some shit going on that I thought it best to have my family where I can keep eyes on them for the time being. It's nothing for you to worry about, I want you to go ahead and enjoy your holiday and don't give this shit another thought."I went around the place making sure we were secure and then I went to work getting everything I could on the
The next day, as I've been doing since coming back from Law's, I was preoccupied at the shop. People were hounding me for their shit because the holidays were coming, but my heart wasn't in it. Thank fuck I had a crew who knew what they were doing. I sat at my desk with my mind in turmoil. This time of year is very important to my family they go all out. I do all I can to see that they have whatever they need, but this year I'm not so sure. With this shit hanging over my head, I don't know which way to turn. That's a lie, I want to go shed some blood to keep my family safe, but there's more going on here than just the threat against mine. Usually I wouldn't give a fuck, but I keep seeing those little girls looking back at me from those pages.There was one thing I could do while I cooled my heels, so I picked up the phone. "Mallory, you got anything new for me?" I knew if he did he would've called me already but it was something to do. I hate this shit; and now Kat's on my ass about
Thanksgiving went off without a hitch and now we were in the homestretch for Xmas. Kat was still not acting right but I put it down to this holiday crap. I had my eyes and ears open while doing my best to shield her and the kids from everything that was going on. The kids were back in school for the next few weeks and that was giving me some problems, but I found a way around it.The days are getting better since I've lost that feeling of impending doom. For a minute there I was seeing danger around every corner, drove Kat and the kids batty with my over protective shit but they'll get over it. "Kat where your kids?" Fucking house was too quiet, that could only mean the little fucks were up to some shit they weren't supposed to."They're in the house Colt, where you expect them to be? Ever since you put us all on twenty-four hour lock down they hardly even go in the backyard." I wonder what her problem is? I watched her walk around putting away the baby's clothes and muttering to h
Kat's up to some fuck again, I don't know what it is yet but I'ma fuck it outta her. One hard stroke and she'd tell me anything, but I'm biding my time. Char and her shit got me thinking. Every year we have a big shindig at the house. Usually my crew and Mallory and his kids would drop in, but I never thought to invite Law and his people, maybe this year I would, we could all do with some merriment after the last few weeks of bullshit.I found her and ma in my kitchen whispering about who knows what when I got home one evening and braced myself. Not for nothing, but there's hardly ever a time when these two are huddled up that my ass doesn't end up in the middle of some shit I want no part of."What're you two up to now?" The way they jumped apart told me all that I needed to know. "Okay what is it let me have it." I folded my arms and leaned against the wall staring down the both of them. They shared a look and twiddled their thumbs. "Speak now or forever hold your peace ladies, Kat
By the time I turned around Kat was upstairs. "Where's ma?""She had to go what did you say to Caitlin?" She tried looking around me into the room but I backed her up until we reached our room. "Nothing yet, I'm waiting for you to tell me the rest."She started that hand wringing shit and bit into her lip. Usually the lip biting thing would make my dick hard as fuck in no time, and I wasn't sure she wasn't doing it to distract me. "Stop that." I pulled her lip out from between her teeth."The boys thought it would be funny to tease her you know, they um, took her book bag and wouldn't give it back, things like that, and one of them asked her out and when she said no he said some ugly things to her.""I'm gonna fucking level that school, who was it?""Colton I took care of it, the kid said he was sorry that he hadn't meant to scare her. He was embarrassed Colt that she turned him down in front of his friends."Is she out her fucking mind? "I don't give two wet fucks Kat.""Colton
When I wasn't dealing with Kat and her kids, or killing myself at the shop trying to meet quota, I was thinking up ways to fuck the Porters. It wasn't my style to let things wait this long and it was killing me, but things were finally moving thank fuck. Old man Mallory had come through with some shit this afternoon that I felt I needed to share with the guys from the meet, but I had to wait until the coast was clear before I could start that conference call. The people in my house, especially the ones that were missing a chromosome are nosy as fuck, there's no telling who's listening at the door and shit."Hey Caitie Bear." I caught her at a rare moment when her damn shadow wasn't around, and barely stopped myself from asking where he was. That's some dangerous shit in itself. I've grown so accustomed to seeing those two together, that although I wouldn't dare mention it to my wife, it feels off when I don't see him sitting in the little alcove off my kitchen doing homework with he
Later that night when the house was quiet and I knew Kat's ass was down for the count because I'd fucked her into the springboard I snuck into my office to make the call I'd been waiting all day to make."Hey Law it's me, you're gonna need to call Creed and them military boys in on this one.""Why what's going on? No Dana Sue go back to sleep. Hang on Colt let me get to where we can talk."I heard ruffling and kissing noises and then he was back."Tell me.""I got some Intel from old man Mallory today about our little situation.""Hang on let me conference." Shit went dead for a second and then I heard ringing on the other end. "Yo.""Logan it's Law, I got Colt on the other line says we need a conference hang on I gotta call Creed." What the fuck! More dead air and then another hello. Sounded like we interrupted Creed."This had better be good or some fuck's gonna get it.""Creed we gotta talk Colt has something." There was some mumbling in the background and another grown m
"Kat what the hell is all that shit you got around the house, and why the fuck does it feel like I haven't seen you in a week?" Even as I spoke she was bustling in and out of the room. She knows I hate it when she ignores me and she's been doing that shit for the last few days, ever since I got the call that the guys were coming for the holidays. Elena was in her element, she likes nothing more than having a horde to feed and fuss over. Kat had invited that boys people to my damn house as well and my kids were losing their fucking minds because the living room looked like the backroom of a toy store with all the damn gifts under the humongous tree I'd had to cut down."The only time I see you anymore is when it's time for bed. You're always puttering around here, cut that shit out." She gave me one of her looks. " Who was it that invited overnight guests huh? Who was it that told me the week before Xmas that we had more people coming?"She had a point but that didn't mean I liked t
"Uncle Hank, can you get me some castor beans?" This kid, she keeps you on your toes; always up to something. Add the fact that she's her dad's carbon copy and well - "Who are you planning to poison little girl?""Who-what? No one, what do you mean? I have to go mommy's calling me. Coming mommy." The little sneak hung up as I grinned.I hung up on my end and called her dad. "Lyon, what did you do to piss off your daughter lately?""Which one? The damn place is crawling with them.""My girl.""Mengele? Nothing why, what did she say?""Well, she's trying to get her hands on castor beans and knowing your kid as I have come to, there can be only one reason for that.""Fuck me, Catalina, get in here." The panic in his voice cracked me the hell up."I'll go and let you take care of that little issue. Call me if she drops any bodies and you need help with clean up. Then again you're pretty good at that shit yourself.""Fuck you, I have to go deal with Hitler's youth catch you later." I hung
They were all set to come to my place because Elena had invited all the women to the surprise shower. Cierra Mancini was in the field and would be coming later than the others.On the way here in differing stages, they got the call that Catalina had been taken and rescued and that Kat had gone into labor.Mancini who wasn't supposed to be here for another day at least had flown out after talking to Jared who'd told him that we had the asshole in our warehouse."I knew that you would kill him and I couldn't let that happen. The cops would've had no choice but to look at you and I can imagine in that position you wouldn't have been thinking straight. We thought it best that one of us take it from there.""We? Who is we?" I looked around at all the men gathered in my backyard."All of us!" Logan answered for all of them, which is pretty much what I suspected.Mancini had made the decision to take point on this one and the others rallied around my family and I while he did his thing. No on
"Uncle Hank, can you get me some castor beans?" This kid, she keeps you on your toes; always up to something. Add the fact that she's her dad's carbon copy and well"Who are you planning to poison little girl?""Who-what? No one, what do you mean? I have to go mommy's calling me. Coming mommy." The little sneak hung up as I grinned.I hung up on my end and called her dad. "Lyon, what did you do to piss off your daughter lately?""Which one? The damn place is crawling with them.""My girl.""Mengele? Nothing why, what did she say?""Well, she's trying to get her hands on castor beans and knowing your kid as I have come to, there can be only one reason for that.""Fuck me, Catalina, get in here." The panic in his voice cracked me the hell up."I'll go and let you take care of that little issue. Call me if she drops any bodies and you need help with clean up. Then again you're pretty good at that shit yourself.""Fuck you, I have to go deal with Hitler's youth catch you later."
They were all set to come to my place because Elena had invited all the women to the surprise shower. Cierra Mancini was in the field and would be coming later than the others.On the way here in differing stages, they got the call that Catalina had been taken and rescued and that Kat had gone into labor.Mancini who wasn't supposed to be here for another day at least had flown out after talking to Jared who'd told him that we had the asshole in our warehouse."I knew that you would kill him and I couldn't let that happen. The cops would've had no choice but to look at you and I can imagine in that position you wouldn't have been thinking straight. We thought it best that one of us take it from there.""We? Who is we?" I looked around at all the men gathered in my backyard."All of us!" Logan answered for all of them, which is pretty much what I suspected.Mancini had made the decision to take point on this one and the others rallied around my family and I while he did his thing.
I woke up the next morning fully rested. My wife was still out so I went to check on my daughters. Catalina was ready for release or so they said, but I checked her over myself.She was her usual pain in the ass self and tried to con me out of some shit so I knew she was okay. I was feeling better until I walked back into Kat's room where she was just waking up and overheard the nurse telling her about her release later that day."Are you out your fucking mind? She just pushed three human beings outta her body. The fuck you mean she can leave in a few hours?""Sir, it's hospital policy""I give a fuck" I stopped myself there because I know she wasn't the one making the rules and it wouldn't be fair to rip into her."Hold him, I just changed him and fed him." I passed Kat the baby. "You can leave now." I sent the nurse from the room before leaving myself. "Colton what're you going to do?""Don't worry about it."I left and headed to the nurse's station. "I need you to make a note
I spent the next seven hours running between the two rooms because Kat wouldn't calm down unless I went to check on our daughter and I was seeing that shit played out on the monitor they had her hooked up to.Every time she panicked her pain level went up, something I was in no way equipped to handle. The whole fucking hospital staff knew how I felt about it because I told them at the top of my lungs.Law called me while I was making my way back to Kat for the tenth time. "What's up buddy? I can't really talk right now I have a situation here.""I know, your boy called us when we were on the road.""We should be there in about an hour but the girls are worried.""You're headed here?""Yes, the shower was this weekend remember? The SEALs are already in flight.""Shit I forgot, I guess I'll see you when you get here. I'll have my mom and mother in law set you guys up.""How're your girls Colt? He didn't""No, I got to her in time. She's sleeping it off right now but Kat's the on
"Colton something's wrong, Catalina didn't get off the bus.""What the fuck are you saying? Where are the others?""Everyone else is here except her.""And they didn't notice that she wasn't on the bus?""They did but the driver refused to stop the bus."I'd already pulled my little gadget. "I'm on it Kat no worrying." I hung up and called for my guys as I headed for my bike.My heart started beating right again when I saw the little red dot that showed me where she was."Someone grabbed my kid let's go." They mounted up and we headed out.There were no other thoughts in my head, only getting to her and dealing with whomever the fuck had taken her. I knew it wasn't anyone we knew, because no one would take one of my kids without me, or their mother knowing.Just who it could be was making me sick in the gut. I clenched my hands around the handlebars and willed myself to breathe. The warmth of my blood turned ice cold. This fuck is dead!I heard my guys talking to me in my hea
I rode up and around them and headed back the way I came with them following close behind. We didn't need to talk; we all knew where we were headed. I got there before they did and opened the security gate.I turned on only the bare bulb overhead light leaving the rest of the room in shadows. I kicked a chair into the middle of the room and waited.They dragged him in kicking and screaming. "Who are you?" He focused on me before I throat chucked his ass and pushed him down on the chair.I opened my little bag of treats and shoved two leaves in his mouth. Mengele wasn't lying that shit worked fast. It started out slow, maybe taking thirty minutes before the first sign of distress."What is that, what did you give me?" He eyed the bag in my hand and asked after I stopped holding his mouth together. "Where's the kid? You tell me that and I'll let you live, you don't, you die."He put up a good fight that dragged on for damn near three hours. That's when the fun really started. He los
I could hardly sleep that night my mind wouldn't let me rest. And maybe that's what saved me from my wife's wrath the next morning.Instead of reaming my ass for leaving her high and dry over the breakfast table, she picked up on the fact that something was bothering me.She reached over and squeezed my hand but instead of giving word to her thoughts just gave me a questioning look.I shook my head and indicated the kids who were trying to out talk each other. "Caitlin put it away." Her hand disappeared lightning fast beneath the table."I was just saying good morning daddy." She's trying to get this kid killed. I seriously tried to find justification for five solid seconds but the little shit hadn't done anything worthy of a gutting. Other than robbing me of my daughter."Not at the table." She's so much her mother's kid she left her chair and came around the table to wrap her arms around my neck. "I'm finished with my breakfast so can I be excused from the table?""Sure, go a