Ground Zero (Heroes For Hire: Missions Book 1) by Jessika Klide

Author:Jessika Klide [Klide, Jessika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Crockett

I hear a “hooyah” just as I walk back inside and see Brody standing outside the dinner theater on his phone. I throw up my hand and wave. “Did I hear a hooyah?”

He grins. “Yes, sir! You sure did.” He walks to me with his hand outstretched.

I clasp it firmly and pump it. “Good to see you, Brody.”

“You too.”

“So, you’ve gotten good news?”

“Yes, my application for OCS [Officer Candidate School] has been accepted.”

“That’s awesome news! Congratulations! When do you leave?”

“I don’t know the details yet, just that I’m in.”

“Well, this calls for a celebration! Come on,” I throw my arm around his shoulders. “Let’s go to the bar and toast this amazing news.”

He glances back at the dinner show but doesn’t say anything about the girl, Lizzy, so I assume she didn’t pan out.

When we step in the elevator, I immediately begin his job interview, just shooting the shit with him. “So, where are you stationed?”

“Virginia Beach.”

When we step off, I introduce Brody to Damien as Badass and inform him, he earned that name in bars, not as a SEAL on the battlefield.

The smirk on Damien’s face makes us both laugh, so I give my bouncer a little of our history. “I met Brody in a bar fight and told him if he was such a badass, he should go prove it by becoming a Navy SEAL.”

“Let me guess,” Damien says, “You two were the ones fighting.”

Brody smiles. “Affirmative.”

“Well, who won?”

We answer at the same time. “Hooyah.”

Damien laughs and shakes his hand. “I got your back, but let’s not live up to that reputation tonight.”

Brody laughs, “As long as I’m not provoked, everyone will leave with their teeth intact.”

As we make our way to the VIP area, several people shout my name, and I throw my hand up in acknowledgment. When we arrive at my booth, Amanda is already waiting on us. She asks Brody, “What will you have, cutie?”

His eyebrows shoot up, and he laughs. “Bud in a bottle.”

“You sure you don’t want a frosted mug?”

He laughs again, “Nope. If a fight breaks out, I’ll have a weapon.”

She looks him up and down appreciatively, and I think Brody just might get lucky tonight anyway. She teases him. “I should have known you were a SEAL. Coming right up.” Then she spins around and walks off.

He leans over to me and grins, “Before I start entertaining you with war stories, what have you been up to?”

“Nothing good, but that’s about to change.”

“Let’s hear it.”

Amanda returns with a bucket of beer, and I pull two from the ice but have to wait before I slide one to Brody. His eyes are focused on something or someone else. I follow his line of sight, but nothing is obvious.

When he looks back, I slide the bottle to him. We twist the tops off, and I raise mine in salute. “First, a toast to your acceptance into the elite of the elite. Hooyah!”

“Hooyah!”

We drain our beers, racing to finish first, and slam the empty bottle down onto the table at the same time.

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