Lyon
Chapter 142

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 f**k?”

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 Porters. I haven’t given those f***s a thought in years I was too busy living the life I’d carved out for me and mine.

I can’t say I was surprised that they’d come back after all these years to f**k with my happiness, that’s karma for ya. But the fuckers should’ve come after me instead of my kid. Now their destruction will be ten times worse.

“You’re still worrying Kat you know how I feel about that shit, cut it out. If there was something for you to stress over I’d tell you, but this, this is nothing that I can’t handle. Stop giving me that look.” Sometimes she sees too damn much.

I almost wish she was still harping on my a*s about Caitie and her a*****e friend. I wished even more that she would get moving on her Xmas bullshit whatever it was, all the shit I’d just spent the last coupla weeks arguing with her about. Anything but the worry and fear I saw in her eyes.

“Why don’t we spend the day doing something with the kids huh? We can make a fire in the cold a*s back and toast marshmallows or some girly shit. Maybe I’ll take the boys for a run on their ATVs, you think they’d like that? We’ll wait and see what our little pre-convict wants to do because you can be sure it’s neither of those things.”

I was trying to lighten the mood, but like I said, after all these years together, never being apart, she knew me as well as I knew her. It was getting harder and harder to tell her not to worry and have her actually listen, but I was gonna try.

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Kat

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Ha, he’s not fooling me, I know him too well. I watched him all that day and the next as he hovered around me, and the kids like he was expecting us to disappear any second. I would call Law again and grill him but two things stopped me. One, he’s as tight lipped as Colton, and two, Colt would lose his mind if I went behind his back like that. I guess all I could do is wait and see.

The kids didn’t think anything of staying home a few days early, and Colt was so good at shielding them they never suspected a thing. They ran around the house like hooligans all except Caitie. Since Todd was leaving in a little over a month, the only time she had with him really was at school and when he came over in the evenings to do homework together.

My poor little girl looked haggard and miserable and it broke my heart that I couldn’t do anything for her because her father is a maniac. I tried not to worry and by midday of day two, when nothing happened, I let myself breathe again.

Colton on the other hand was in and out pacing like a caged animal. He and dad were closed off in the study for hours and I still didn’t know what was going on.

I had to put it away, Colt was right, Thanksgiving was coming and I had a lot of prepping to do for the annual dinner that had somehow gravitated to our home instead of his parents. The house was usually like a revolving door on that day since we had everyone over including the crew.

“Colt I have to run to the store.” You would’ve thought I’d screamed fire the way he reacted. “Write me a list.” I knew that was coming but couldn’t resist pulling his chain. “No that’s okay, you always forget something I think I should go, I should’ve already taken care of this by now but things have been so crazy lately”

“Fine we’ll go to the store give me a minute.” He left the room and I heard him barking orders on the phone before he went outside to where he had men surrounding the house. Next thing I know there was what sounded like ten bikes pulling into the driveway. “This is the limit, Colton what is going on?”

“I told you, I’m just taking precautions because of some stuff that’s been going on in the area there’s nothing for you to worry about.” Yeah, I believe that. We looked like a motorcade on the way to the damn supermarket but my husband, who drove like we were on the run was still trying to convince me that all was right in our world.

I know how he operates, I also know that as long as there’s breath in his body nothing and no one would ever get next to the kids or I, he’d proven that time and again, but that didn’t stop me from wanting to know just what we were facing.

Because the holidays were right on our doorstep and there was always so much to do, I was being pulled in two directions. The kids always looked forward to this time of the year, they were already making noises about Santa and what they wanted most this year. How do I keep them from realizing that something was going on with all the changes?

Colt wouldn’t worry about that his only concern would be our safety, so I guess it was up to me to keep things from getting too crazy. “Baby.” He took my hand as we turned into the parking lot that looked like everyone had had the same idea at once; the place was full.

“Do me a favor huh, why don’t you let me worry about our protection and safety and you take care of the festivities. I promise you that if there were something for you to worry about I would tell you. We straight?”

“I guess Colton I’ll do my best, but promise me that you’re not gonna be hurt either.”

“You can take that to the bank.”