The last thing he needed to see was what she hoped they weren’t finding. Only, if Devon had taught her anything the last few days…
It would be bad.
What wouldn’t she do to protect him from that?
So, she stopped Uriel.
“No, you’re not.”
He wasn’t having it.
“Yes, I am, r-r-respectfully.”
Jesus.
The man was not going to back down, so, she laid down the law.
“NO, Caspian. You’re not going. You’re going to sit here and wait. You being twitchy puts us all in danger. The Marines need to focus to keep me safe. They can’t worry about you, too!”
That helped a little.
Only, she knew he wasn’t going to want to listen.
Hell!
She wouldn’t listen if she was in his shoes. Elizabeth would do anything to check on one of her loved ones.
“You’re going to have to trust me,” she stated.
He had tears in his eyes.
Caspian kept his voice low, and as he did, he pleaded with her.
“I have to go. I have to m-m-make sure she’s okay. You can’t m-m-make me stay here,MOM. You can’t. That’s my woman. I love her!”
Seeing him crowd Elizabeth with his much bigger body, Ivan knew this was up to him.
So, he stepped in.
It was time to play by a different set of rules.
MARINE.
RULES.
“Uriel! Stand down, Marine, that’s an order! You need to do your duty! Stay here and watch the family. We’ll go check on your lady, and we’ll get her here. She’s probably just busy, or her ringer is off. Breathe.”
That helped a little.
Marine training tended to always kick in when given a direct order, and that allowed him to lean on something that was very familiar to him.
He started to calm down. When he was being asked to not think, just do what was ordered, it helped him focus.
“Go meditate,” Ivan stated. “Go read a book. Go do something, because she’s right. We can’t be worried about you being off and protect the Deputy Director!”
He needed to know.
“D-d-do you think it’s j-j-just something s-s-simple? Am I o-o-over reacting?”
