Oh, her ass was grass. She was about to watch the man lose his ever-loving mind.
“Back inNew Orleanswith everyone else at Area Fifty-Two.”
That hung there for about three seconds.
Then, he went there.
“Why is my wife talking like she’s not also back in Area Fifty-Two with our son and daughter?” he asked.
She smiled.
“Well, Honey…”
And she didn’t get to finish.
“Oh, Jesus H. Christ. I got the‘honey’. I had better sit my ass down,” he said, doing just that. “This is going to piss me the hell off. I can tell.”
In the background, Eve heard Gamble laughing, and she knew why.
Dakota was about to go nuts.
“You see, I was at the bunker, minding my own damn business, breastfeeding our son, when Gene called.”
Yeah, she was going to point that sexy crazy man away from her so she could get the job done, and then get back to her son and daughter.
Dakota was staring at her, and not saying a word.
“Apparently, he needed help taking out some mercenaries. So long story short, I’m in Baltimore about to off some cuntwaffle who did me dirty a few years back. What a small world,HUH?”
This was absolutely not happening.
There was no way he wasn’t sleeping or he’d hit his damn head and was having the mother of all concussions.
“So, my wife, who literally gave birth two weeks ago, is now working?” he asked.
She smiled.
“Oh, look at that, Cowboy. I’m working.”
He closed his eyes.
Dakota was at a loss for words. This was what happened when you went to sleep, and shit went down around you. Here he was, in the UK, enjoying the weather, and his family had neglected to tell him his wife was taking a job.
“I’m going to kill Gene.”
She stopped him.
“I mean, you can do that, but then Elizabeth is going to kill you, and then I’m going to have to kill her, and then, Maura is going to have to kill me, and we have children, so…probably not a good plan.”
He actually laughed.
“I can’t with you. TheONLYreason you’re getting away with this is one, I can’t stop you. Two, you’re too goddamn sexy for my own good, and three, I’m in an entirely different country. Is our son okay?” he asked.
She nodded.
“Of course,” she said.
He went there.
