Lyon
Chapter 128

It was like an epidemic. Once Kat and I took the plunge the other single men followed suit a couple years later. Now we were all family men and we took this raising daughters shit seriously. We made a pact, because these little f***s today aren’t like we were, they’re bold as f**k. But I replace if you put the fear of thunder in their little punk asses they learn quick.

“He’s fifteen.”

“Our Caitie’s dating an older dude?”

“Yes Jared, the little shit’s fifteen. I’m going to break his f*****g neck.”

“You met him yet?”

“Of course I haven’t met the douche bag but Kat has the little sneak.”

“I’m telling you, these women are sneaky. You gotta keep your eye on them, especially when they’re having these little meetings. I told you we should bug the shits.”

“We’d have to bug all our houses Zack you f**k. Look, let’s just go have a chat with this kid. I gotta get home and straighten out my shit. Who knows what else they’ve been up to behind my back?”

I’d got the kid’s number from my wife who at least had the good sense to get the background info on him. He was expecting me but I don’t know what exactly he was expecting. Yes I was about to threaten a minor, I give a f**k; this is my little girl we’re talking about here all bets are off.

He was skateboarding at the end of his driveway when we rode up. At least I think the spike haired little runt was Todd.

He saw us coming and snatched up his board backing up almost into the hedges around his family’s place. Good! A nice healthy dose of fear would get him on the right track quick.

We stopped our bikes in a semi circle around him and took off our helmets.

“You Todd?”

“Yes sir.”

“You know who I am?”

“Yes sir, everybody knows who you are.” F**k the kid had stars in his eyes.

“You been messing with my daughter?” He took a big gulp and tried to disappear in the hedge.

“No sir, we justI like her that’s all.”

“You know how old my baby is kid?”

“Yes sir but we don’t do anything I promise.”

“You better not even think about doing shit with my daughter kid. Now I don’t know what’s been going on but it stops now. Caitlin’s thirteen she’s not allowed to date.”

“But sir we really like each other.” He stepped forward a step, kid had balls.

“Yeah well come check back in eight years.”

“Sir”

“Eight years Todd, you go anywhere near her again me and my boys here will be back and we won’t be so nice next time.”

The guys revved it up a bit and he was back to trying to disappear. F*****g kid looked like he’d lost his best friend. We rode off and went about our business; our job here was done,

The house was like a tomb when I got back and I was getting the cold shoulder but I didn’t care. “Kat come in here, I need to talk to you.” She came into our bedroom full of attitude and flounced down on the bed arms folded, feet tapping.

“What did you do to that little boy Colton Lyon?”

“Forget that, now here’s the thing. I’ve been letting you and your damn kids get away with murder around here but that all ends today.”

“Oh so now they’re in trouble they’re mine?” I gave her a look that had her piping down.

“Do you know what I caught your sons doing this morning?”

“Which ones?”

“Aiden and Quint. They were trying to pop wheelies on one of my bikes.” She thought that was funny, of course she would, they got that shit from her.

“How were they doing that with the thing off?”

“That’s just it, it wasn’t off.” Her face turned sheet white.

“I see I’ve got your attention; your eleven year old sons were trying to teach their nine year old brother how to break his damn neck.”

“Uh Colt you’re the one who made them all special bikes.”

“Yes, kid appropriate bikes not my Lyon Z 999. Where’d they get the keys Kat and better yet where’d they get the idea to do that shit?”

“Umm”

“If I catch your a*s doing that shit you’re gonna get it. Now I’ve been going through this shit fourteen and a half years with your hard headed a*s now I have to deal with these bad a*s kids.”

“Caleb isn’t too bad yet but I’m afraid the other two already started working on him. And don’t get me started on the baby, she’s going to be the one to do me the f**k in. Always questioning me and shit.” She was back to grinning.

“Oh Colt she’s just curious that’s all.”

“She’s nosy like her grandmother. Do you know what she said to me?” Now I think of it my kids really were some bad-asses.

“What did she say?”

“She told me she wanted tattoos like yours and mine. When I told her tattoos were for grownups you know what the little shit said? She told me that’s stupid daddy, paintings and drawings are for kids not grownups.”

“Then she proceeded to paint herself with that damn paint set you got her last year that she’s been using to redecorate a hundred thousand dollar decorating job that you and Elena talked me into. It’s not funny babe, you gotta do something about this mess they’re out of control.”

“What would you like me to do?”

“I don’t know, I think we should have a family meeting.” She grumbled something under her breath, which I chose to ignore. They all hate my family meetings because it usually meant they were all gonna get it from her down to the littlest one.

“I’m going down to my man cave I gotta think.” I headed down to the basement where I’d been allowed all these years to keep my little spot. It wasn’t too long before I heard footsteps coming down. F**k they’d found me already.

“Hi dad.”

“Hi son.” Aiden is the older of the twins by five minutes but he liked to run shit just like his old man. Though my boys were identical I could tell them apart easy, it was in their demeanors.

Aiden was like me, he likes to boss around his younger siblings while Caitie bosses all of them. She’s a piece of work too the way she does it, she has my glare and her mom’s sneakiness a deadly combination if you ask me.

Quint is more laid back than his twin, he kinda reminds me of Daniel. He’s a brainy little f**k too. Looks like he’s going to follow in the pothead’s footsteps and go into medicine while Aiden is all about bikes and the crew. Anything to do with the crew he wants in.

Sometimes there’s a tussle between him and his mother when we’re taking long rides somewhere as to which one of them gets to be on the back of my bike. My woman always sits on the back of my ride and Aiden ends up riding in the car with Cy or one of his grandparents, but that doesn’t stop him from trying.

Like I said, he’s like me, I’m trying to teach all my sons to be men. To stand firm and say what the f**k they want to say regardless, so it was obvious to me he had something on his mind.

Now the strange thing about my kids is that they all look like me, except sometimes they look just like their mother or they’ll do something that is pure Katarina Lyon. Like now, this one is sitting next to me with his mom’s stare.

“Something on your mind son?”

“I was just thinking.”

“About what?”

“Dad?”

“Yeah son?”

“Did you know that some of the kids at school use to tease Caitie?” The hairs on the back of my neck stood up and my gut tightened.

“What do you mean tease Aiden?”

“You know, like that bullying thing they teach us about at school.” The f**k? I don’t care who thinks what, some little f**k mess with my kids I will kick their a*s boy or girl right before I go beat the shit out of their parents for raising f**k stupid assholes.

Calm down Colt you don’t even know the whole story yet and already you’re f*****g up people’s kids.

“How do you know this son you seen it?”

“Kinda, and sometimes she comes home and cry in her room.”

“What do they tease her about?”

“Well, because she’s taller than most of the kids in her grade, and sometimes the popular girls tease her because she dresses like a boy.”

F**k that hurt. So what my kid likes to wear a Henley and Jeans with Doc Martin’s, what’s wrong with that?

“Is that why she started wearing dresses?”

“I don’t know, I guess.”

“Does your mom know about this?”

“I don’t know. Caitie said not to say anything that she could handle it herself but they just kept getting worse. But guess what dad.”

“What?”

“One day this kid Todd beat up on this douche named Brian, he’s the ring leader and he’s older too. But Todd wiped the floor with him. He got suspended and everything but he didn’t care because guess what?”

F**k me. “What?” Please don’t let me like this kid.

“When he came back he warned everybody not to mess with her or he doesn’t care if they throw him out of school for good he’ll kick their butts. Now nobody messes with Caitie anymore and Todd walks with her in the halls on breaks and stuff and they sit together at lunch and guess what else dad?”

“What?” I am so f****d.

“He even got his friends on the football team to watch out for Caitie when he was out and he said that since Quint and Caleb and me are her brothers that we’re under their protection too so now no one in the school dare mess with us.” I didn’t say anything for a long time, it’s not everyday I get humbled by a kid.

“Thanks for telling me son.” I waited until he was gone so I could think about my next move. It was obvious what I had to do but f**k.