Lyon
Chapter 114

The next day her bloodsucking accomplices descended on my house with their bullshit. Elena was the first to arrive early in the morning laden down with parcels and chirpy. Only one thing I know can make you that damn happy first thing in the morning. Either that or she probably got into Daniel’s stash again.

“Elena, why are you here?”

“We have to get things ready for the party tonight son, oh my word what is that?” She made a beeline for the gingerbread house.

“Your husband brought that here yesterday.”

“That rat, I knew he would pull something like this.” She folded her fists on her h**s with a scowl.

“Look I don’t know what you two nut jobs are up to don’t want to know and leave my kid out of it.”

“Stay out of it son, this is grandma’s business, serious business, where’re my girls?”

“Kat’s getting the baby dressed, you want some coffee mom?”

“Nope, had plenty before I left the house with your father the snake.” She eyeballed the gingerbread house once more before hightailing it up the stairs. What the f**k happened to my life?

I had more important things to deal with than these women and their craziness, like picking up the special necklace I’d had made for Kat that had our lives intertwined in ropes of gold and gems. The f**k I know. That’s what Simon said he was doing.

Kat doesn’t know it but I have her and the baby tagged. I had to replace something that they would always have with them. The baby wasn’t so easy for obvious reasons but I worked it out. Her bracelet would receive a new link every year or so as needed but it was something she could wear for the rest of her life.

Kat’s matching bracelet I was going to make sure never left her hand ever, and mine was equipped with the tracker that would help me replace them no matter where they were.

It had longer range than most in its category and had cost me a mint and a half but I’d have paid double for the safety of my family. I wasn’t telling Kat shit because she would either blab which would defeat the purpose, or lose her damn mind and take it off.

I have my ways of making sure she never took it off. The one in her ring didn’t have the same range because they didn’t have this new high tech one when it was made so that’s why she needed the new one. Technology, you gotta love it.

Someone asked me why I didn’t just get them chipped but I’m pretty sure if God wanted that shit under their skin He would’ve made them with it already. He knows what He’s doing, I’m not about to mess with that, but I would put a tracker in everything else I can.

I’ve read too much crap in the last year or so about what man can do to each other. No way in hell I’m leaving their safety up to chance. Since this shit was so expensive I’d hooked my crew’s kids up for the holidays too. Their parents will know but they won’t, it’s probably a bit much but better safe than sorry I say.

It wasn’t long before the others showed up. This was the first year we were doing this here. I don’t see why the house couldn’t stay as it was, there were lights and decorations and an eight-foot tree already. Why did they need to get the shit ready?

“Hey Colton you ready for tonight?”

“Morning Char, yes I am now; what do you people plan to do to my house?”

“Oh don’t be such a spoilsport we’re not going to do anything, just set out some candles and stuff around the rooms. Add some little touches here and there.”

Tina came ten minutes later bussed my cheek and headed up the stairs with the rest of them. I headed for my office to call the boys on surveillance.

“Dude this chick doesn’t leave the house like ever, it’s like watching paint dry. She left once the first day they brought her here according to the neighbors. This morning we followed her to the mall. She went to some chick store and that was it, in and out.”

“She hasn’t left at all, not even to take a walk?”

“Nope, no one has seen her since that day and she was all bundled up today so we haven’t been able to get a picture. What do you want us to do?”

“Shit, you sure she doesn’t know you guys are there?” The boys have been taking turns since yesterday. We broke it down between days, early evening and late nights. They were watching the building to track her movements but if she’s not moving there’s really no point in leaving them there especially with the holiday coming up. F**k. I’d already decided to get the picture at the Xmas dinner in a couple days but I was fast losing patience.

“I guess you guys can stop for today. Tell the others I say stand down, all of you have to be here tonight for this thing anyway.”

“You sure Colt? It’s still early in the day, we got plenty of time to get ready for tonight.”

“Yeah I know but I think with all of us on the alert we should be fine. She can’t get near them anyway and we fixed the fence so she can’t get back on my property. We should be fine for one day.”

“Okay boss, sorry we weren’t of more help.”

“It’s not your fault, thanks bro I’ll see you later.” I hung up in deep thought but with no idea as to where to go from here. I can take down an obvious threat if I had to, but this fighting in the dark shit is for the bees.

Char found me minutes later and walked into my office.

“What’s up Char?” She had her hoo doo look on as dad calls it.

“I didn’t want to say anything in front of Kat so we have to make this quick. There’s something strange about May.”

“Who’s May?”

“The girl, that’s what we decided to call her, anyway we’ve been by the house and there’s something going on in that apartment.”

My heart raced in my chest.

“Like what?”

“Well for one thing, when we went back yesterday to take her groceries and stuff she acted really strange, didn’t want us going past the front room. She seemed especially nervous about us seeing the bedroom so I pretended I needed to use the bathroom and she watched me like a hawk.”

“Now your mom and Tina didn’t pick up on it until I mentioned it later, but I got a bad feeling. I think you might be right she’s definitely hiding something. I was thinking while she’s over at your mom’s for dinner we could have someone break in and see what if anything she’s hiding in there.”

Well f**k. “What could she possibly be hiding in there? She doesn’t have anything but the clothes you guys got her right?”

“Not that I know of but who knows? I just know I got a really strange feeling when we went back there.”

‘Thanks Char I’ll see what I can do.”

She left me with my new worry which I studiously put aside for now. I wanted to enjoy the day with my family. I won’t let her interfere there no f*****g way.