SEALs of Honor: Devlin by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Military, Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781773360270
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2017-04-30T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Bristol watched the elevator doors close in front of her. She opened a panel beside the elevator and turned off the security to the lower floor.

Carmelita came to stand beside her. “These are good people.”

She turned, putting her arms around her housekeeper. “They are the best.”

Carmelita patted her shoulder. “Your father’s breakfast is ready.”

Bristol walked into the kitchen, grabbed the tray already laid out and went to see her father. She knocked on the door and heard a confused murmur from inside. Pushing the door open, she walked in. He sat on bed, a book in hand, looking at the world from the foggy filter he lived in now.

“Good morning, Father. I brought breakfast.”

He glanced at her. “Good. I’m quite hungry today.”

Relieved he was coherent, she placed a small breakfast tray over his lap, sitting down on the bed with him.

He brushed her away. “I don’t need anything else. You can leave.”

With a heavy sigh she stood, realizing that today was just a normal day. He didn’t recognize her for who she was. Still she persisted. “I’m your daughter, Father. I came to visit with you.”

He looked at her and shook his head. “I don’t have a daughter.”

Right. One of those days again. The good days when he remembered his life were nonexistent. Every once in a while, there were glimmers of awareness, not recognitions of her, but at least of himself. They were little golden lights to help make the rest of it so much easier on her.

She stood, turned to him and gave him a gentle kiss.

But he was irritable and brushed her away again. With a hand he pointed to the door and said, “Go.”

Sadly she turned and walked out. As she closed the door, she held her breath and willed back the tears. It was so damn hard to see him like this.

But today of all days she had to focus and get on track. She straightened her back, brushed away the tears in the corners of her eyes and headed downstairs. Everyone here had come to help out. The least she could do was show up and be the person in charge.

As the elevator doors opened, she walked into her lab to see everybody back at their stations, with Tesla and Ice bending over the laptop programming the remote controls she’d had in front of her last night.

She never considered anybody here might actually spread any secrets. And she’d never asked or had anybody sign an NDA. She probably should have. She certainly wasn’t a lawyer or anywhere near as worried about things as her team of attorneys would like her to be. But there hadn’t been any time. When able-bodied people had been willing and ready to help, well, she wouldn’t have insulted them by asking them to sign something like that.

Besides, she imagined, in their business, they did this all the time. Secrecy bred secrecy. And these men and women lived with it. Bristol was damn glad they were here.

Not only was

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