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Hank smiled. “If you want, I can book him in the seat beside yours on the airplane.”
Kujo glanced down at Six. “Guess I’m going home to Colorado. I’d like Six to stay here with Molly.”
Six rose to his feet. Ready to go.
“Sorry, boy,” Kujo said. “You’re needed here.”
Hank held out his hand. “Good luck convincing Cog we have a place for him. He was a helluva SEAL and a leader among his team. If you can pull him out of his funk, he’ll make a great team leader for our Colorado location. That is, unless you’d like to take that position…?” Hank raised his eyebrows.
Kujo shook his head. “Molly’s established herself at the Bozeman office of the FBI. They know her and what she’s capable of. With her being pregnant, it would be a bad time to move. She’d have to start all over making her mark.”
Hank nodded. “Figured as much. Besides, she has a great support system here to take care of your baby when you’re both called to duty.”
“Exactly. I wouldn’t ask her to move now. Maybe in a year or two, but not now. I do miss Colorado. Fortunately, Montana is a lot like where I came from. Wide open spaces, blue sky, mountains and more. Here, I have a team I love working with.” He shook Hank’s hand. “Thanks for pulling me back into the land of the living.”
“You’re welcome. Now go get Cog. I have a feeling he’ll be just the right fit for running the Colorado office of the Brotherhood Protectors.”
As Kujo and Six left the basement conference room, Hank’s gaze followed. If anyone could get Jake Cogburn to pull his head out of his ass and get to work, Kujo was the one.
“Hank?” Sadie’s voice sounded from the top of the stairs.
“Yeah, babe,” he responded, taking the stairs two at a time.
His beautiful wife stood with baby Mac cradled in her arms.
Hank leaned close and captured her mouth with his. “What’s up, beautiful?”
She kissed him back and smiled up at him. “Is Kujo going to Colorado?”
Hank nodded. “He is.”
Sadie nodded. “I’m glad. If I didn’t have to show up on the set of my next film, you could go.” She frowned. “I could call and reschedule.”
“Don’t. Kujo can handle Cog.” He kissed Sadie again. “Besides, I’m looking forward to having Mac and Emma all to myself while I miss their mama.”
Sadie’s smile spread across her face. “I love you, Hank Patterson. And I love that you care about your former teammates enough to help them out.”
He leaned back, raising his eyebrows. “Are you kidding? They’re helping me. I couldn’t have built this business so big and so fast without them.”
Hank took Mac from Sadie’s arms and carried him into the living room where Emma played with her collection of stuffed animals spread out across the area rug.
He prayed Cogburn wouldn’t send Kujo packing. The man really needed a purpose for his life. If he had that, he’d realize that being short a leg wasn’t the end of the world.
