Whiskey Tribute: A Trident Security Series Novella - Book 5.5 by Samantha A. Cole

Author:Samantha A. Cole [Cole, Samantha A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Samantha A. Cole
Published: 2016-05-03T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 8

It had been a long day, and it was far from over. Curt hoisted five-year-old Amanda up into his arms when she came over to him while he was talking to Polo. As she rested her head on his shoulder, he told his friend about Eric’s last phone call. “It sucks. I missed his freaking call and by the time I got the voice mail, it was too late. His cell had been in his pocket and was smashed. That’s why we couldn’t ping it. The weird thing is, he sounded worried about something.”

Marco took a swig of his beer. “What’d he say?”

“Just that he really needed to talk to me and to call back as soon as I could. Dana doesn’t know what it was about. I don’t know…maybe I’m trying to figure out why it happened. It was probably some effing drunk…”

“Uncle Curtsy? What does effwing mean?”

Rolling his eyes as Marco chuckled, Curt gave Amanda a squeeze before setting her on her feet once more. “Nothing, sweetie. I think Jenn is looking for you over there.” He pointed to where the young woman was gathering the children’s jackets and Amanda’s coloring book. “Why don’t you go help her, okay?”

“Okay.”

He watched as she skipped away, then spotted Dana who was making her way over to him. When she reached him, he put his arm around her. “Everyone is starting to head out. Do you want to go to? I’ll start saying my goodbyes real quick and then drive you home.”

Placing her hands on his broad chest, she shook her head. “No. You stay here with the boys.” He opened his mouth to argue with her, but she cut him off with a few taps to the medals over his heart. “I know you all have another toast to do. Jenn is coming back with me along with my mom and Eric’s parents. I asked Ian to drive you back later and then he could pick up Jenn. I’ll be fine.”

He let out a heavy breath and realized he was surrounded by the Trident Security group and a few others in full uniform. Not only were his former teammates here for Dana…and Eric…they were here for him too. Ian nodded at him. “She’s right. We have another toast to do, and that one is all yours, my friend. Let’s get drunk and rowdy and have some laughs in Wabbit’s honor. He wouldn’t expect anything less from us, and you know it. Since Dev doesn’t drink, he’s going to make sure everyone gets home safe later.”

Swallowing the lump in his throat, his gaze returned to Dana. “I still have the keys to Eric’s truck in my pocket and the house key is on it, so lock up if we’re not back by the time everyone goes to bed. Tell Jenn to crash on the couch, if she wants until we get there.”

“Got it covered, Elmer.” He smiled because it was rare she used his call sign. “I’ll leave a few bottles of water and some Tylenol on the coffee table.

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