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“No way.” Alex stared wide-eyed at the photographic proof. “You’re braver than I am.”
“It wasn’t as scary as driving on Interstate 85 in Charlotte. And I-95 here is as bad.”
The men all laughed.
“See? I told you.” Jace wrapped an arm around his wife’s neck in a mock headlock and kissed the side of her head.
“Not happening. I’ll leave that to you guys. And you’re welcome to go, Erin. Tell me about itafterward,” Alex said.
“I didn’t tell my parents until after I went.” And she hadn’t told them about this past week or dating Graham yet, either.
Jace leaned forward and spoke lowly. “I don’t tell her half of what I do. I learned that from Dad.”
“Mywife learned too much from him,” Reece said. “At least she knows not to ask questions she doesn’t want to know the answers to. Which is a lot.”
“What kind of things did you get to see and do?” Jace asked.
“Almost everything. Hand-to-hand combat, orienteering, camouflage.”
Graham laughed. “You should have seen her. They had her face and hands camouflaged and covered her in a Ghillie net. I had to find them in the field outside the mock village.”
“Your dad also did the Prusik climb up the tower and rappelled down.” Her skin heated at the memory of that and what followed, but she wasn’t going to tell his kids aboutthat. “I fired weapons and did a run-through in the shooting house using night vision goggles. And Bryson arranged with one of his Delta buddies to set up a defensive driving exercise for me to observe.”
“Based on my husband’s driving, that could be terrifying,” Megan said.
“Babe, I know what I’m doing.”
“Yeah, scaring the bejesus out of me.” Megan scowled.
“What is it with men thinking they’ll impress us by driving fast and taking risks?” Alex turned her gaze to Jace.
“I have no clue,” Megan said. “Dad never drove like that.”
“Not with you or Mom in the car.” Jace exchanged a conspiratorial look with Graham.
“I did give you both some defensive driving lessons,” Graham said.
“Not the same,” Jace said out of the side of his mouth.
“Did you get to drive?” Reece asked Erin.
“No,” Graham answered for her.
“I didn’tdrive.” Erin drew out the word.
“You were supposed to observe.” Graham’s voice held an accusatory tone.
“When a Delta guy invited me to go for a ride through the course with him, I wasn’t going to say no. I may never get that opportunity again. I’d watched him do it, so I knew what I was getting into. It was scarier than jumping out of a plane, though,” Erin admitted.
“I’m glad my soldiers do a better job following orders than you.” Graham cut his gaze at her, one side of his mouth turning up.
“I don’t remember it being an order,” Erin countered what she hoped was teasing. “More of a suggestion.”
Reece snickered. “She’s got spunk.”
“You don’t have to tell me. I’m going to check the ribs.” Graham touched the middle of her back and winked on his way out.
After the door closed behind her dad, Megan began uncovering the containers. “Did you get everything you needed by observing the team this past week?”
