Lyon
Chapter 93

I went out back to my crew because I knew they’d probably be of more help than the cops who I don’t trust for shit, not with my wife’s life. The boys were hard at work trying to knock shit out before the holidays.

There were ten new shiny bikes lined off against the wall waiting for delivery. Since the business had grown so much in such a short period of time I’d had to hire some more help, which in my book was a good thing. Five more men had money in their pockets to take care of their families it’s all good.

“You guys find out anything about that chick from last night yet?”

“Nope no word on the street about anyone missing and we checked the whole area.”

“I made some calls to the next town over and there’s nothing there either. You guys been checking the news? If she’s missing it might be broadcasted.” Jared was with me on this I’d told him my suspicions about the whole thing and he wasn’t any more jazzed about the situation than I was.

“Nah I didn’t think of that.” Maybe because I didn’t think for one second that this chick was gonna end up on the six o’clock news.

“We’ll keep our ears and eyes open boss, it’s the holidays somebody’s bound to come forward looking for their missing family member soon.”

Zack chimed in next; I had damn near the whole team looking into this. It might be overkill but that’s the way we did things, if one was involved we were all involved.

“Thanks guys.”

“So what are you thinking?” Jared finished shining the chrome on the last bike we’d just finished as the rest of the guys gathered around admiring our handy work.

“I don’t know yet but I do know I don’t want my wife around this shit. Her hardheaded a*s gets into more shit than a little bit but now we have Caitlin to think about and there’s no f*****g wayfuck hang on a minute.”

I pulled my phone and called her, I’d told her not to leave the house but I hadn’t told her not to let anyone in.

“Kat, do not let anyone in the house unless it’s family.” She knew family meant the crew and their women as well so I didn’t need to explain farther.

“Who would I let in the house Colton?”

“F**k if I know, you expecting any packages or shit like that?”

“Not today no, I think in two days they said.”

“What are my beautiful girls doing? I think I’m coming home early for lunch the guys have shit pretty much under control here and your boy Cy took care of the books already.”

“We’re good Colt, Caitlin keeps destroying the gift wrap, and I think she’s teething because she’s getting cranky and she has a bit of a fever.”

“What the f**k?” I waved at the guys as I walked out of the shop and back to my office to get my keys.

“Did you call the doctor?”

“Colt we can’t call the doctor for every little thing she’s supposed to teethe you crazy person. I have everything we need mom already got me h*p to what was coming. Plus one of your million and one books covers this stuff so no worries.”

“You need me to pick up anything on my way in?”

“No we’re fine you coming home now? You just left like two hours ago.”

“Your point?” I hadn’t wanted to leave in the first place and now with Caitie having a fever there’s no way I was staying here.

I hung up the phone so I could get home to them faster. I don’t know how the f**k people deal with this shit; the last time my little girl got sick I was a wreck. I stayed up all night pacing the floor in the nursery.

What if she stopped breathing while I was in the next room f*****g sleeping? I think there ought to be a law against babies getting sick that shit was just off.

I got home to a living room covered in giftwrap paper and unwrapped boxes and shit all over the place, a very frazzled wife and a screaming baby girl. I threw my keys on the table and went to do what I do best.

“Give her here.” I took my little princess from her mother and held her close the way she likes, she was burning up and miserable. I’m so not down with that fuckery. She was trying to bite into my shirt but at least she was down to whimpers instead of wails. Her little head was bobbing which meant she was tired. My baby was sick, f**k.

“Call the doctor Katarina.”

“I just gave her her medicine just give it time to work she’s fine I promise.” I sat on the couch and laid her on my chest where she fussed and gnawed on my shirt until she finally calmed down and sniffled herself to sleep, guess she just needed her daddy to come hold her.

“She was fine when I left what happened?”

“She’s teething Colt it’s no big deal please don’t go crazy on me. The medicine is supposed to make her sleep and take down the fever and I put her teething ring in the freezer, that’s all we can do.”

“I don’t know about this fuckery, when I have a toothache that shit hurts like a bastard how’s she supposed to deal with that shit at her age?”

“It’s not the same thing Colton, babies teethe it’s normal her little teeth are just bursting through her gums that’s all.”

“That shit sounds painful there has to be something that quack can do to make this easier on her.”

She rolled her eyes and went back to her gift wrapping. I guess it’s different for moms they have like an extra something that us men are lacking because the shit that makes me freak she just takes in stride. Either that or like as with her mom I can’t stand to see my little girl in pain or miserable.

I sat there watching Kat do her thing and holding my princess close checking her temperature with a cool hand to her forehead every so often. I guess she was right because within a half an hour or so she was considerably cooler.

“I should probably go put her down her fever broke.”

“See I told you so, you want me to take her up?”

“Nah just let me hold her a little longer then I’ll do it.”

I smelled my little girl’s neck and held her closer. I hope she never loses that little baby smell and innocence. Danger zone come back. There are some places I refuse to let my mind wander and Caitlin growing up is one of them.

The phone rang and jumped the shit out of me; Kat jumped up and grabbed it and from her end of the conversation I gathered it was the hospital.

“Yes this is Mrs. Lyon.” I love that shit.

“Uh huh. What?” She started biting her nails, which was a sure sign of distress for her. I started to get up and take the phone from her but she shooed me away.

“Other than that she’s okay, nothing’s broken?”

“Wellokay I understand you can’t really tell me more I just want to make sure that she’s okay. Thank you for calling ma’am.”

She hung up with a strange look on her face.

“What is it baby?”

“She has amnesia.”

“Who does?”

“The lady that I hit, she has amnesia I didn’t think I hit her that hard.” Her eyes were wide with distress and I could sense the panic setting in.

“My a*s, I don’t like anything about this shit, let the cops handle it. Why are they calling you anyway we’re not her family and shit?”

“Apparently there’s no one else, she didn’t have any ID on her and now she doesn’t know who she is.” Of course she started crying so now I have a hot miserable sleeping baby on my chest and a wife who was about to fall apart.

She was obviously wracked with guilt, which I was going to have to deal with. First thing I had to do was get dad on the ball I didn’t want the hospital calling here again f*****g with her head, don’t know why they called us in the first place.

“I’ll deal with it Kat stop crying, I can’t deal with your shit and the baby’s shit at the same time. Settle your little a*s down she’s not dead.” Probably some f*****g nut job come to f**k with my life. I didn’t say that shit out loud because Kat would probably light into me if I did.

“Here put Caitie bear down and let me call the hospital back.”

“You have to go down there”

“No I don’t.”

“Well then I’ll go.”

“You’ve lost your damn mind, now go put the baby down and let me deal with this shit.” She tried giving me shit but she knew better unless she wanted me to go upside her damn head days before Xmas.

I glared at the phone before picking it up. Everything inside me screamed that there was something f****d about this whole situation. What are the odds that some total stranger comes to my town and ends up under my woman’s car on my driveway?

I decided not to call after all, she wanted my attention she’s got it but it might not be what she expects. If it turns out she’s some bitch here to make trouble I’ll bury her a*s, f**k this. I told my annoying a*s wife she’d won and that I’d go to the hospital and check shit out.

Of course she was all smiles now so I played along and pretended like I’d caught the Xmas spirit too; yeah I give a f**k.