Colton: SEALs of Honor, Book 23 by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, Romance
ISBN: 9781773363424
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2020-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

When Kate and Colton got back to the base, Kate thanked the petty officer for giving them a lift, and the three of them headed straight to the commander’s office. Petty Officer Parsons stayed with her, smiling and saying, “He just wants me to keep an eye on you.”

She shot him a sideways look. “For my protection or to make sure I don’t run away?”

That had him laughing. “And why would you think that?” he asked.

“It hasn’t escaped my notice I was there on the spot too,” she said. The smile fell from his face, and he gave her a hard look. “Did you have anything to do with your copilot’s attack?”

“Of course not,” she cried out.

“Then you have nothing to worry about,” he said. With a hard rap on the commander’s door, they stepped in. The commander stood and motioned at the two chairs across from him. “Please, from the top.”

Kate was grateful Colton did all the talking. When the commander looked to her, she nodded. “What he said.”

He gave a clipped nod. “I want the two of you confined to the base, preferably to the cafeteria and your barracks.”

Her smile fell off. “Why, sir?”

He shrugged. “For your own safety.”

She wanted to kick up a fuss, but going against a commander on his own base was something likely to get her court-martialed. “For how long, sir?” she asked, desperately keeping her tone neutral, though she was heating up.

He grinned. “That cost you, didn’t it?”

She gave a solemn nod. “You have no idea how much.”

“Well, I’m glad you appreciate authority. Our forecasts shows some ugly fronts moving in. So, you won’t be flying out for at least another two days.”

She sighed. “Then you better add sick bay to your list of places that I’m allowed to visit. Your shrink wants to see me if I’m still here in a couple days.”

“Good, I’ll add that to the list,” he said, then sat down and wrote a note. “I’ll tell her that you’ll be here for two more days anyway.”

“Great,” Kate muttered under her breath. He shot her a hard look, and she quickly added, “Thank you, sir.” As soon as they were dismissed, her shoulders sagged.

Colton was at her side and said, “Come on. Let’s go to the cafeteria.”

“I’m still swimming in coffee,” she declared.

“You are,” he said with forced cheerfulness, “but I’m not.”

She couldn’t argue with that, so she nodded and headed that way. They’d missed dinner too. She stared at the staff already starting to clean up. She looked over at Colton and said, “I’m not that full.”

He laughed. “Let’s grab what we can.”

They stepped smartly into the cafeteria. The chef looked at them and said, “Uh-oh, did you guys miss out?”

“Yeah,” Colton said, “we were asked to stay over at the hospital until a security detail could arrive and relieve us.”

“Tell me what you want,” he said, motioning at the big serving platters, still sitting on the counter. “And we’ll get you fixed up right now.”

Kate opted for fried chicken and a huge platter of steamed veggies.

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