Lyon
Chapter 158

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 f**k 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 f***s. 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 Mancini said was on point and I had no reason to doubt him, then these fuckers were gonna be gunning for us.

I didn’t kid myself that if they were as cold as he intimated that they didn’t already know everyone that was involved here. “Anyone got the sense that they were under the scope? I didn’t think about it before today, the fact that they might know we’re onto them. That Stockton f**k is dead but who knows who was watching him.”

“We’re way ahead of you, the compound is secure and there’s more than enough room for everyone if it comes to that.”

“Thanks Lo but I’m not running from these f***s, I have shit to do, they’re kids out there depending on me to come stand guard at the drop of a hat. I can’t just drop everything and go into hiding like a p***y because of these bureaucratic assholes.”

“Creed, think about Jess.”

“I wish those motherfuckers would. They had their one chance already, any f**k even looks at her too long I’m dropping ’em.” I could get behind that.

“Gentlemen.”

“What the f**k?” Mallory snuck up behind us.

“I understand you met the great Mancini; Lyon I gave Kat the loot for the kids.”

“Brother, where’re yours, where’s Lydia?”

“She’s in there with her nosy a*s, the kids are with mom and pop, I didn’t want to expose the other kids to whatever the f**k some f**k sent his kid to school with that made my boy sick. I find out who this a*****e is I’ma go rip the f**k apart.”

“The kid?”

“Nah the father. Who the f**k sends his kid to school with a hundred other kids knowing he’s contagious?” Crazy f***s, I’m surrounded.

“Anyway what did you boys think of Mancini?” He smirked and shoved his hands in his pockets.

“Where the f**k did you find him? Spook’s R’Us?” Tyler, fucker thinks too much like me, it’s eerie.

“Nah, he’s my cousin and that’s all I’m prepared to say. By the way did anyone think to warn Summers and Masters to watch their backs until we can get with them?”

“I did, I’ve been keeping them up to date, but now with what your cousin told us today I’m not sure that’s enough. I’ll feel like shit if anything happens to those boys, I’m the one who brought them in.”

“No worries Law, I had a look at those boys and they can hold their own. By the way boys my old man said to tell you anything you need. He hates these f***s almost as much as we do.”

“Why, what did they do to him?” This ought to be good.

“Other than f*****g with Caitlin? He heard politician and went off on one of his tangents.”

“What’s he got against politicians?”

“Says they’re all shylocks, thieves and liars.” This from a man who’s spent more than half his life on the FBI’s most wanted list.

We walked away from the door and headed back to the women. Kat’s gonna light into my a*s later if I keep this shit up on her big day. Her eyes gravitated to me as soon as I entered the room. My sweet girl was still looking a bit sullen around the mouth, and her eyes didn’t have that light that I love so much.

“You did a great job here baby thanks.” I pulled her up from the chair where she’d been sitting having a talk with Creed’s woman. The men were finding their women and from the looks of things there was a lot of making up going around.

“You having a good day baby?” She nodded with a small smile and I smelt her hair as I folded her into me. It felt like forever since I’d touched her, it was always this way after one of our little skirmishes. Now the need to reseal the bond was strong and I had a houseful of damn people. Not that that would stop me, but there was too many variables in my place for me to f**k around.

“You met Todd’s parents I see. What pray tell did you tell them to have them speaking in hushed tones and giving you wary looks?”

“I told them if their son came near my kid I’d chuck his a*s out the nearest window.”

“Colton.” She hissed and pulled her head back with her usual glare. I looked down at her still after all this time trying to see what it was about her that totally did it for me. I sometimes wondered if the people around us had that kind of love, if each man in this room felt that all consuming emotion that wraps around your heart and squeeze?

“What are you looking at Colton?”

“The most amazing thing in the world.” Her eyes grew wet and softer as I kissed her brow. “Did you go snooping upstairs babe?” She shook her head but I know she’s a lying a*s. Mad or not, I know she’d go searching for the one special gift I get her every year. She’s worse than the kids with that shit, tearing my place apart. This time I’d outfoxed her though, her and her nosy a*s kids whom she always enlists for help.

“What did you get me?”

“Maybe I won’t give it to you, bad girls don’t deserve presents.”

“Hmm, I wonder what should be the punishment for bad boys?”

“I’m never bad baby, how’re your legs, need me to put some salve on them?” This is why she always gets away with shit. I spank her a*s, she pouts, I feel guilty and cave.

“Maybe later, the day has barely just started and I have all these people to look after and it’s almost time to eat.”

“What the f**k they been doing the last four hours?”

“Picking Colton, hors d’oeuvres and finger foods. We have a nice spread prepared you’ll love it.”

The day turned out way better than it begun, the guys and I were able to put it aside for the rest of the day and enjoy our families. I looked around the table that looked so different from the year before. All these new faces, brought together by tragedy but quickly becoming one of us.

I liked the way they treated their women, saw the same heart that beat in my chest in them in the way they were so f*****g gone, the lengths they were willing to go to-to protect. I knew that in the coming days things were gonna be rough, knew that there was no getting out from under this shit we were facing without casualties, but there was no way I was gonna lose any one of them.

They were now my brothers, a bond forged in fire, I’d do for them what I would for Jared or Tommy, or any one of my boys. Now with the holiday coming to a close, it was time to get to work doing what I do best, look out for me and mine.