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Winnie: Code Phoebe. Jesse follow Beth outside. Sarah baby section.
Winnie thought she’d just met Bear’s mom and she wasn’t impressed. She had to wonder how the woman had found them in the store. Besides her family, no one knew they were shopping in Wichita today and they didn’t even know which stores they were going to.
Sarah walked up and wrapped an arm around Winnie’s shoulder. The warmth of her sister’s arm made her realize how the woman’s words had chilled her to her core.
“You okay?” Sarah whispered while keeping an eye on their area.
“I will be but if that’s who I think it is, she has no idea what I’ll do to keep the kids safe.”
Beth returned with Jesse by her side. “I got pictures of her and was able to get the license plate and make and model of the car. She got in by herself and drove herself away. She headed south which would take her to the light where she could be going anywhere. I think we need to finish our shopping here then pick up the SUV. Then Jesse and I can drop back a little and see if we have a tail. I honestly wasn’t looking for one when we came here today.”
“SUV?” Winnie questioned.
“Dad wants you to have one of the armor-plated SUVs for his grandkids. I’m picking up a new one to modify and replace the one you’re getting. I agree with Beth. My neck is itching. We need to enjoy shopping today but be careful. Now the question is, how do you want to handle this? Do we send the info to Scoop and let him start working on it? You’ll need to let your man know because he’ll go ballistic if Scoop knows something about you that he doesn’t, or do we wait until we get back and let Sarah dig in?”
Winnie sighed, trying to figure out what was best. “I don’t know. I can see the benefits of both. Let me call Remi and let her know what happened. She and Rascal are with the kids and she can be a little more vigilant without anyone else knowing. I agree we should get the other SUV and use it to watch but we’re also finishing shopping because my kids are getting everything we planned.”
“We’ve got your back.”
“You got it, M-I-C.”
She smiled at her sisters’ comebacks and decided after she called Remington, she would put this out of her mind and enjoy shopping. They were all armed because they didn’t go anywhere without being ready for the unexpected.
She wasn’t looking forward to sharing the message with Bear and she had to choose her time because her grumpy guy might go on a rampage if his kids were threatened. Honestly she couldn’t take the woman’s words any other way than a threat. What the woman might not realize is Bear wasn’t alone now and Winnie would burn the world before she allowed her man or children to be hurt.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Bear walked in andwrapped his arms around Winnie. She’d been staring out the back door for a while. Everyone had helped them put away most of the items the sisters had bought. Between the clothes, toys, books and kids’ items they justhad to havefor his kids, he figured they were fine on clothes and toys for the next year. He had to admit the onesie for Joey with a motorcycle on it was cute. The things he was learning. Because of the mountain of clothes, each of the sisters had filled a basket of brand-new clothes and taken them home to wash.
He'd helped David with his bath tonight. Winnie had finally come in and told them they needed to get washed and quit playing with all the floating boats. He wanted to be a good dad. They would always miss their mom but he wanted to make their childhood a time that when they looked back on it, they couldn’t remember anything but the love he and Winnie had for them. He would never allow them to go through what he’d experienced.
Everyone carried the baggage of their childhood and unfortunately, Bear was carrying a truckload of anger toward his incubator.
His kids wouldn’t ever be touched by that evil because his sunbeam brightened every area of his life she touched. Their kids would be surrounded by the goodness she shared. He’d only been a dad for such a short time. Tucking David and Phoebe in tonight, kissing their foreheads and leaving the nightlight on for them felt like he’d been a part of their lives forever and he couldn’t imagine his life without them in it.
Winnie sighed, then turned and hugged him. A shudder worked its way through her.
