I saw aunt Cierra coming and got my words ready. I knew she would find out soon anyway once daddy and the uncles got the truth out of me. I didn't mean to play a trick on her but I had to get them all here fast. It was fun in the beginning putting all the pieces together but now I'm getting scared. The man took me before and nobody knows where he is now. I don't know if it's the same one, Lily and Nia don't think so, but I can't be sure. I didn't mention to daddy that I'm afraid though, because then he won't even let me go into the backyard alone again. He'd done that the last time and I hated it. This time Caitie's the one in trouble and I don't want my sister to be scared like I was so I'll do anything even if it makes everybody mad for a while. "Hi aunty Cierra do you like your surprise?""Surprise?""Uh-huh, I knew uncle Hank was worried about you travelling to uncle Law's house in the car so I got everyone to come here instead. I didn't want aunty Ariel
The BBQ was in full swing and my place looked like a street fair. Now Kat's BBQs don't stay in the backyard, people spread out all over the place, the kids are running wild back here, and the women hang out in the house mostly. I had two of the trips strapped onto me while Cady was with her new best friend Todd. The women had pretty much left the babies with their dads and Drake, Cy and the pothead were manning the grills. This worked out perfectly since we still had shit to discuss. Having everyone here was a big help, even Mallory had shown up with his wife and kids, which is nothing new. Still, I'm always surprised when Kat and I get him to show up for one of these things, the guy's such a lone wolf. "Pop's looking into it, I'm thinking we should have something soon since he knows every damn thing." We'd just given him a rundown of everything we had so far. I guess I can see how he and Mancini are related, they both have that same smooth shit going on, like
I hadn't seen Mengele in about five minutes and with shit being what it is was sure that was not a good thing. I was still trying to come to terms with everything that had happened in the last twenty-four hours. We'd spent more time this afternoon trying to figure out how three eight year old kids had pieced that shit together than anything else. As a dad it's hard to discipline your kid when the shit she's done could save lives. Mancini was all for her carrying on as long as she was safe, but I'm not too sure I want my little girl that invested in this shit. If I leave it to him this fuck would have my kid in some basement somewhere hunting down assholes. He'd already looked into her two new friends and was campaigning hard for us to call their parents and let them in on what their kids were up to. The only problem with that was the fact that we'd have to let them in on why the kids were doing that shit in the first place, so we'd all agreed that we'd hold off on that
"They used their brains with the natural curiosity of children and did what made sense to them. You know how law enforcement pretends from behind the screen to be a thirteen-year old girl to attract the pedos? Well the pedos are hip to that shit these days." "So basically your kid and her friends doctored pictures of themselves to feed the wolves. They hid behind firewalls so no one could find them, but they put themselves out there to lure them in. She didn't give us everything. There's more. I can't put my finger on what they're up to, but they're up to something." "Catalina?" When he called her name I swear every man in the room, except my father in law, literally jumped. When she came out from behind the sliding wall that I didn't even know existed there were murmurs of 'not again' going around the room. "The fuck! Mengele." This kid said, "hi daddy," and smiled."What did you do?""I was going to tell you daddy." He didn't say anything and she starte
That was just a few short hours ago and now we're in the backyard eating BBQ and chilling like nothing happened. I didn't have time to dwell on it because this Davey kid who was an honorary brother of the SEALs from what I could gather seemed way too fond of my girl. Cady has been asleep on my chest in the sling thing her mom had got me when the baby refused to stay with anyone else but me, something I didn't mind or wouldn't have if I didn't feel like I was gonna have to kick Davey's ass any second. Lucky for him my girl only had eyes for me. Some of her friends had been invited over and it was our first time hanging as a couple even though it was in her parents' backyard so she was excited. I hadn't seen the other women since we came back here, other than when one or more of them came out to grab a plate, but now they were coming out of the house in droves. And there were a lot of them. As usual the men were off to one side, I'd been over there with th
"Grimaldi, the fu...what is this? It's not her birthday.""It's her graduation gift boy." Zing! I was all but jumping up and down inside."Aw Grim, I'm so sorry, didn't I tell you that Caitie's not graduating until next year?" That's if her daddy lets her. She'd be the only twenty-five year old in high school if he has his way. "What's this nonsense? Didn't our girl get the option to graduate early?" I shushed him and barely kept a straight face, this was going so well. Top that Colton Lyon. Caitie's face had fallen but I'll make it up to her later. "Oh well, I guess we can save it as a birthday gift, sorry kid." He hugged Caitie who looked like she was ready to cry. I didn't even risk looking at Colt. Let him stew on that. I'm pretty sure I'm breaking him down though he's still putting up a fight. Maybe I should've had her cry that would get him. He can't bear to see any of his girls cry. Too late, let's carry on. "Alright everyone, it's time for d
"Dude, Kat's getting vicious." Jared grinned as we all stood around in the backyard after that little sideshow. I kept asshole Grimaldi in my sights but the old reprobate steered clear of me. "You saw that too did you?" I didn't say shit else because I had to process. I know for a fact as twisted as he is, he'd never do that shit to my daughter, fucker doesn't know how to say no to my kids. And Kat? Somebody pull that shit with one of her cubs she'd go for the jugular, so yeah. I'm not buying this shit. "I'm gonna go put my girls down, be right back." I walked away and left him to explain to the others what he was talking about. "Kat, Cayla and Cayleigh are ready to go down.""I'll help you Colt, I need the practice." Oh so that's how it is. They've got their shit together this time. I accepted the help from Cierra and made out like I didn't know what the hell was going on. She talked my damn ear off about any and everything but what the fuck they were up to.
I didn't say shit, that's the fastest way to get her to start telling on herself. That, or fucking the truth out of her. She looked over and caught me just staring at her. "What? I was just asking the girls about their plans. Just because our daughter isn't going doesn't mean that her friends can't go and have a good time." "Those girls are graduating this year?""Yep! And they're all a year older than our Caitie, none of them are as smart as she is.""So you're saying that I'm holding her back.""When did I say that? We didn't even mention you." Yeah, but I can read between lines like a motherfucker. I'm not stupid, from the minute she and her crew came out of the house after watching whatever nastiness it is they were in there watching that had made her son nuts, all I heard was the prom, the prom, the prom. It didn't take me long to figure out that she'd got everyone in on her little game. Of course Caitiebear looked sullen because she was the o