Forsaken (SEAL Team: Disavowed Book 6) by Laura Marie Altom

Author:Laura Marie Altom [Altom, Laura Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SEAL Team: Disavowed Book 6
Publisher: Fulton Court Press
Published: 2017-08-17T18:30:00+00:00

8

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos

“DUDE, WHEN DO we get to the vacation portion of this trip?”

“Quit bitching and keep looking,” Briggs said to his friend and teammate, Jackson Elliott, around bites of a massive ham sandwich. He hadn’t stopped eating since making it to civilization late that morning. Leaving India had been one of the toughest things he’d ever done. But having seen the flotilla headed to her rescue, he knew it was only a matter of time before she was saved, giving him a narrow window to escape unseen. “I’m convinced the boat Turtle’s killer used is somewhere nearby. We just have to find it.”

“Tell me again how you landed this case?” Jackson scanned the marina with Zeiss 20 x 60 stabilizing binoculars. At eight grand a pair, they were usually reserved for more high-profile clients, but Briggs reasoned his family was more important than any politician or rock star—not that all of their clients weren’t important. Just sayin’. Though Briggs had yet to formally meet his daughter, part of him already knew her through the perfection of her mom.

“India and I met when I was down here a couple years back on an amateur wreck diving trip.”

“Find anything?”

“Just her.” Sounded corny as hell, but she was a jewel. A true prize. So why didn’t he keep her? Why couldn’t he stop running when being with her felt like his own personal Heaven? What if she was right about him being better than his dad? And that bad parenting and being an all-around shitty human wasn’t hereditary? “I heard pretty mind-blowing news yesterday.”

“You told me.”

“Not about the boat.”

“Worse?”

“I have a kid.”

“Excuse me?” Jackson coughed so hard he dropped the binoculars in the water. Thank God they were waterproof. He dived in after them, retrieving them before they hit bottom. “Damned good thing I saved those,” he said once he was back on their rented Sea-Doo Islandia. The twenty-footer wasn’t fancy, but with a cruising speed of 49.6 mph, at least they got where they needed to go in a hurry. “Harding would have had your ass in a sling.”

“My ass? You dropped them.”

“Yeah, but you’re the one who took them off the company jet without asking, then told me you have a surprise mini-me. How old? Boy or girl? When is the wedding?”

“Twelve-month-old baby girl. No wedding. I’ve never even seen her.”

“You’re kidding, right?”

“Nope. Less chitchat about me and more about finding the Pearl.”

“You were the one who brought it up. How can you live with yourself, man? Knowing you brought a child into the world, only to abandon her?”

“I’ll send money. She’ll never want for anything.”

Jackson snorted. “Except for her dad. I’ve always thought you were a good guy, but I’m not liking this side of you. It’s no secret you had a crap childhood, but that doesn’t give you the right to turn around and dump on your own kid.”

Food for thought . . .

Briggs was glad when they’d finished searching their current harbor, meaning he could head for deep water, punching the engine at full throttle.

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