"Oh he's one of those too is he? They're all the same. Law just tells me not to worry my pretty little head about anything like that's all that's needed." Dana Sue glared towards the French doors where we could see the men standing around in deep conversation."Sounds like Clay, but ladies, as an author I do a lot of observing and snooping around and I make no excuses for it. I can tell you that Clay has been working overtime on something." Ginger looked pensive as she sat back in her chair and tapped her fingers on her knee."I didn't say anything before because I wasn't sure, but mom said something was going on before the guys snatched her. Some guy from Georgia was coming, he's related to my grandfather but he's some big shot or something. I heard Brandon mention that guy's name after everyone came to visit.""Illyana you're holding out?""No Ginger, I just didn't think it meant anything at the time. We were all just worried about Jess remember? And the guys were being so hush-h
"How much do your women know about this little situation we're dealing with?""Nothing why?" Logan turned to look in the same direction I was, a direct view into the great room where the women had gathered."Look at them in there. I haven't heard any laughter coming from in there, no one's pulling anyone's hair so they're not fighting, but they're all very engrossed in whatever's going on. And look there, the body language just changed as soon as my wife noticed me looking.""There's no way they know." I had everyone's attention now for a different reason. We'd all been kicking around ideas about the best move to make and getting nowhere because the SEALs were on some waiting shit. Now we had another problem on our hands."I know a way to find out what they know." I twisted my lips and made the call I use on special occasions, it's a call only one person knows. She came running a few seconds later, all smiles and innocence. Her mother had put a bow in her hair and done some shit to
Inside the talk had turned to babies, but the tension was still thick in the air. "Kat, what were you talking about earlier? And before you answer, your daughter already told me.""Dammit Colton you put her up to it." She wasn't looking too happy the little sneak. Her friends had looks of confusion on their faces until I told them what had happened."We know nothing, just girls sitting around getting to know each other." The one named Gabriella sat back and crossed her legs and arms with the most innocent look on her face. Logan walked over and leaned over to whisper something in her ear that made her twitchy."Quit it Logan we weren't doing anything wrong.""Who told you about the trafficking?" He stood back and folded his arms like a general but the look she gave him said she wasn't scared. "Duh, there were rumors around town before you guys showed up, and you spend an awful lot of time down there snooping around, and let's not forget Dani and Nessa and I""Yes I remember, and I
Part of the crew headed to Elena's while the others stayed here. I had my guys give them an escort though I was sure they didn't need one, but it was courtesy. "You, upstairs." I'd waited until she said her goodbyes to all her little friends and locked up."Don't you start you've been holding out on me and that's not part of the marriage code." She rewrites that shit every chance she gets. "Feeling brave are you?" We rounded up the kids and packed them off to bed after fighting with Catalina about waiting up for the fat fuck. The baby was the last one we checked on before heading for bed.It was well past midnight and tomorrow was going to be a long one. "So, what was it that you were trying to find out?" She started getting twitchy as we got undressed for bed. I think my tones be tipping her off or some shit, I guess it comes with years of marriage.I have no issue with her snooping she's a female it's in the genes or some fuck. But what I do mind is that she went behind my back.
By mid afternoon Kat was over her snit but I noticed her conversation was all about babies and weddings. She might be playing it safe since I was in the room but I don't think so. After last night's little lesson I was sure she'd keep her ass still, but I didn't fool myself that the shit would last longer than it took for the pain from her spanking to go away.The phone rang on my hip and I answered without looking. "Lyon, Mancini here, I hear you're looking for me?" I snapped my fingers to get Law's attention and he alerted the others. "Are you there?""I'm here, trying to get to a secure location.""No worries it's taken care of." I took the phone away from my ear and looked at it. Who the fuck? "Okay well I have some others here who would like to hear what you have to say.""The call's cleared for you, Lawton Daniels, Justice Creed and the SEALs no one else I don't care how close you are."Well since this fuck knows so much"You missed one.""Mallory's not there he's got a sick
"Uh, am I the only one who's confused?""No Law, I think we're all in the dark on this one." Smooth motherfucker, he might've pissed me off coming into my place the way he did, but I had to give him his due."That's Mancini, I'm surprised he even showed up here." Creed looked after the door where he'd disappeared."This other guy Thorpe, what the fuck is he like?""I don't think he's as hard core as that one, Law but he's no light weight either."What the fuck did I get myself into? The guy is good, the way he came in, had I not had my place rigged he would've blown past my security. My guys hadn't seen him, but I was warned just before the phone rang and that's what tipped me off."So what just happened here?" Quinn, one of the least heard from SEALs spoke up. "He just appeared, said some shit that we already knew and left, what was the purpose?""Just what he said, taking our measure; I get the feeling he knows more about us than we do him." I wasn't sure how to feel about tha
At least that shit had taken my mind off the fuckery in the study for a hot minute. I went in search of my kids it was their day after all. They were knee deep in new shit and making enough noise to raise the roof, but they were happy.Nothing that was going on had or will ever touch them. "This is what it's all about, them, keeping them safe." Law came up beside me in the doorway where I was peeping in on them. "That's what I'm most worried about, how the fuck do we keep them safe when we're all spread out all over the place?'The others came to join us. "We were just discussing that. The way this thing is panning out, we're gonna have to watch each other's six, we have to weed out the bad seeds starting now because we all know money trumps most anything when it comes to the lesser known.""My guys are safe, I don't surround myself with fucks. They've all been with me for many years and those who weren't aren't close enough to get at me and mine." He had a point though, if what Man
"Todd what're you doing? My dad would kill us if he caught us out here alone." She looked around as if expecting him to appear out of the darkness. She's so pretty under the moonlight it hurts. The feelings I have inside for her scare me. I don't know if I can make it without her. I've been fighting with my parents to find a way for me to stay, had explained to them that even the thought of leaving her makes me feel like my life was ending.They were more understanding than I thought they would be. My dad is always so caught up in his work I never thought he had any time to notice what was going on around him, and mom, well she's mom. She thinks every little thing will hurt me, just like when I was five.We'd had a long talk the three of us about my relationship with Caitlin, my Caitlin. If only her dad was half as understanding then I wouldn't have this knot in my gut. If anyone else comes near her while I'm gone I'll end them. But for now I have to make sure she's okay, she's bee
"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