Lyon
Chapter 154

Inside the talk had turned to babies, but the tension was still thick in the air. “Kat, what were you talking about earlier? And before you answer, your daughter already told me.”

“Dammit Colton you put her up to it.” She wasn’t looking too happy the little sneak. Her friends had looks of confusion on their faces until I told them what had happened.

“We know nothing, just girls sitting around getting to know each other.” The one named Gabriella sat back and crossed her legs and arms with the most innocent look on her face. Logan walked over and leaned over to whisper something in her ear that made her twitchy.

“Quit it Logan we weren’t doing anything wrong.”

“Who told you about the trafficking?” He stood back and folded his arms like a general but the look she gave him said she wasn’t scared. “Duh, there were rumors around town before you guys showed up, and you spend an awful lot of time down there snooping around, and let’s not forget Dani and Nessa and I”

“Yes I remember, and I would hope that that one experience would’ve taught you to stay out of it. How many times must I tell you?” She was out of her chair and in his face before he could get the words out. “Listen you, these fools whoever they are-are interfering with the most important day of my life. I can’t even go get my nails done anymore because you have me under lock and key. It wouldn’t take a genius to figure out something is going on Logan, and unless you think I’m a brainless twit it only stands to reason I’m gonna go searching for answers”

“Sit down.” She pouted but found her a*s in her chair. I wonder if he’d teach me that trick. Fifteen years and counting and I still can’t bring Kat’s little a*s to heel. He walked around the room with his arms behind his back and a look on his face. I see why the others let him take point he has leader pouring off him in spades.

I held my peace for now. I’ll deal with Kat’s a*s later behind closed doors. I guess I can’t fault her, or any of them for wanting to know what was taking up so much of their man’s time, but I didn’t want her anywhere near this shit. Not because I didn’t want her knowing what I’d done in the desert all those years ago, but because I’d made a promise, a promise to her. That nothing like this would ever touch her again, and I mean to keep that promise.

The room looked like a standoff, men on one side women on the other and these girls looked ready to throw down. I guess they were shoring each other up, strength in numbers or some shit. Whatever Logan was coming with had better be good.

“Fine, so you all know some but not all of what’s going on, what do you plan to do with this knowledge?” Their eyes opened wide and the Georgia peaches looked at each other like ‘what the f**k?’ I wasn’t sure myself, but if these men were anything like me when it came to dealing with my nosy a*s hardheaded woman, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop.

“No one?” Damn, he does leashed cool like a pro.

“Well since you’re asking, we’d like to know more about why our lives have been turned upside down. If we’re in some kind of danger it’s only fair that we know what’s going on.” Dani spoke up but she kept taking sneak peeks at Connor, sweet, she’s making sure she doesn’t overstep.

I took each one’s measure as they spoke their piece, gauging how much they knew beyond what my little spy had told me. Logan had the floor. The others just stood back and listened as he grilled them like a paid interrogator. They teach these boys some serious shit in the navy because he was good.

“I guess there’s no point in telling you lot to stay out of this, you’ve proven that you don’t listen worth shit.” He glared at his woman who pursed her lips and looked away. “So here’s the deal and I’m sure every man here will back me up. Gabriella, you don’t drop this shit I will march your little a*s down to the courthouse and put my ring on your finger, there goes your big to-do.”

She huffed and opened her mouth but he cut her off. I hope Kat was seeing this shit and taking notes hardheaded f**k. “Don’t say one more word. I brought you here for a change of pace, to have a nice holiday with new friends. This man invited us into his home and what do you do? You bring this shit here, to these women.”

“Hold it, she didn’t bring anything to my home. If you’ll excuse me, we don’t know each other but I’ve been married to your twin for the better part of almost sixteen years and I know when I’m being played. We’re not backing down, we wanna know what’s going on, why all the secrecy and high security.” That’s my wife she’s been taking lessons from f*****g Elena again.

Logan shrugged his shoulders with a smirk. “Well boys I tried.” Dammit that means I still had work to do, f*****g Kat. There were more glares going around the room being ignored before we headed back out. “Dude they played you in there, those women are not easy. I guess they have to be that way to put up with you goons huh.”

Jared the a*s always has something smart to say. I guess he expects us all to leave our balls at home with the wife like he does. “No, they didn’t. We now know what they know and it’s not much. The trafficking thing like my delightful fianc¨¦ said, was a rumor long before we came on the scene. They’ve been playing the guessing game since we nabbed the two assholes on the waterfront and we have to surmise that Vanessa told them about grabbing Dani’s ex employee. Other than that they know nothing.” Damn Logan’s good.

“You’re forgetting one thing, they got Mancini’s name according to the kid.”

“Yeah but Creed said no one knows much about him Law.”

“Vanessa might, she had clearance; if this guy is on anyone’s radar she might’ve heard something.”

“Well f**k Zak.”

“No need to panic Ty, that just means we stem the flow.”

“And how do you propose we do that Con?”

“By talking to our women and letting them know the consequences if they disobey us on this shit, by letting them know that this is not child’s play and it is definitely nothing for women to get mixed up in.”

“Good luck with that shit, if they’re anything like my bloodhound, then they won’t quit until they get what they want and from the looks of them, they’ve banded together. So unless you plan on monitoring their every move I suggest you come up with another plan.” And tomorrow we have Elena and f*****g Char coming, more reinforcements.

“Seriously, what the f**k are you all on? Since when do we let women dictate to us?”

“What’s your big suggestion Creed?”

“Well Law, I just tell Babygirl how shit’s gonna be and that’s that, she better not be getting mixed up in this shit, I don’t want her knowing anything about that f*****g book.”

“You f***s are all newbies.” I shook my head as they turned to look at me. “You have only two options when it comes to dealing with these women, you give them f****d up info or you make damn sure they stay put. It’s getting late and I have to go deal with my pain in the a*s and see how much she got from yours because I know for damn sure she didn’t get anything from me.”