Safe with a SEAL by Maura Troy

Author:Maura Troy
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781956903058
Publisher: Autumn Spring Enterprises LLC

They arrived at the prison, and Maddie’s stomach churned like a storm-tossed ocean. Her father’s indifference when she was a child had been painful enough. After the bombing and his conviction, all he could talk about was the corruption of the US government, and how the rest of America needed to follow his lead to destroy the villainous regime masquerading as the three branches of the government. It never mattered to him what president was currently in the White House, or what party controlled Congress, or which justices sat on the Supreme Court. Fletcher hated them all with an equal passion and had never been shy talking about it.

Before his wife died, Fletcher Barnes had been a…tolerable father. He was never physically abusive, and on a few rare occasions he showed affection and did normal stuff, like taking his kids for an ice cream or to the zoo. Maddie still had the stuffed penguin he’d bought for her that day at the zoo. After his conviction, she’d thrown it away. A week later Doug came home to find her sobbing and inconsolable over tossing the toy. Doug produced it from his closet, confessing he’d rescued it from the trash as soon as he’d seen her toss it. She’d never loved her brother more than at that moment.

But after Maddie’s mother passed, Fletcher retreated completely into his mania and paranoia. He ignored Maddie, not noticing or caring about his daughter’s devastation at the loss of her mother. Instead, he focused solely on Doug, teaching his son everything he’d learned about explosives when he was in the service, as well as what he’d picked up during his career as a fireworks professional. Lonely and lost, Maddie tried to participate when Fletcher and Doug went off to the garage or basement together, but Fletcher would send her away. Doug, on the other hand, would always later share what he’d learned about explosives with her.

For all her talk about going to see her father alone, Maddie was glad Ian had come with her to the prison. This place had depressed her since she’d been a girl hoping to see some sign of affection from her father, some sign that he missed her since he’d been locked up. But after the fifth visit, she gave up. Fletcher did nothing but rant about the government, telling her that when she got a job she should never pay taxes to support the despots running the country. For a while, she’d written him letters. But they went unanswered, so she gave that up, too.

“This is a waste of time,” she muttered to Ian as they entered the building.

“We have to try. He’s the one the families of the victims blame the most. He might remember something important from back when it happened. Something someone said to him that might shed some light on this.”

Maddie shrugged. Her stomach continued to roil as they were led into a room with the other visitors. She and Ian took a seat at one of the large tables and waited.

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