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“I’ll keep the trackers active on Meghan and Miranda, but they’re only good if they have their phones with them. Other than that, I’ll keep digging. As soon as I find anything I’ll let you know.”
“Copy that. Thanks for always being there for us, Tex. I don’t know what we’d all do without you.”
“No shit. I’m keeping track of so many of your women now I need a separate computer just for that. Maybe I should start a side hustle.”
“You could always put Melody in charge of that part.”
“She’s got her hands full with the kids, but you never know. Watch your six, and I’ll be in touch.”
After they disconnected, Jake looked around the table, meeting each one of their eyes. “We’re in a shit show here, and I’m not sure how it’s going to play out. But if we aren’t careful we could all end up off the teams or worse. If you want out of this, say so now.”
“What the fuck, Boss? We’re a team, brothers, we might as well be the five muskafuckingteers,” Murph responded.
They agreed with Murph. No matter what they were in this together.
“Rafe, you and Cam figure out what you’re going to tell your women. We don’t want to scare them, but they need to take precautions.”
They nodded. Cam didn’t have a clue what he was going to tell Miranda. The last thing he wanted was to blow a hole in her confidence.
“I think we need to tell them as much as possible. They’re smart women, they’ll know if we lie to them,” Rafe said.
“I agree, but how much can we tell them without sharing top-secret intel?”
After going back and forth, they came up with a basic cover story since the girls knew Azfaar had initially escaped capture. They’d tell them that he hired some people to take out the SEALs as revenge for killing his brother and they needed to be extra vigilant.
Chapter 12
The foodat the Mexican restaurant was delicious, and Miranda was stuffed. For a change, it was she and Meghan who’d nearly finished their food. The guys were quiet and hardly ate anything. In fact, if the women hadn’t been talking most of the meal it would have been strangely quiet.
She wondered if she’d made Cam mad because she practically insisted they sit outside on the patio so Halo could be with them. But neither she nor Meghan wanted him to be stuck in the car. It wasn’t too hot but still, it didn’t seem fair. He and Rafe relented but neither looked happy.
“What are you doing tomorrow?” Meghan asked as they paid the check and packed their take-home boxes. “If you don’t have plans you could come over and we’ll have a big BBQ for the whole team. We haven’t done that in a while. What do you think, Rafe?”
“Sounds okay to me. But Cam and Miranda might want some alone time.”
Miranda looked at Cam to see if he seemed interested one way or the other, but she couldn’t tell. Normally, his face was so animated, but today it was like he was brooding. She wondered what had happened when they were at the base.
“I’ll text you later and let you know, okay?” Miranda said.
“No problem. Or we can do it later in the week. It’d just be fun to get together before you go back to Atlanta.”
“I agree.”
When they reached their trucks, Meghan hugged Miranda and whispered, “if you need to talk I’m just a text or call away. I can come and get you too if there’s a problem.”
“Thanks, I’m sure it’s fine.”
“Talk to you later,” Rafe said as he helped Meghan into his truck.
When Cam opened the door and let Halo into the back, she’d had enough. “Want to tell me what is going on? You’ve been weird since we left Target. In fact, your comment about the bathing suit was practically the last thing you’ve said.”
She’d surprised him because it was like he’d come out of a fog. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you.”
“Is it work? I know you can’t talk about it, but you can say yes or no, right?”
“Yes I can say that, and it is kind of about work. Let’s just get home and relax and we can talk more.”
His reply eased some of the tension that had been building up in her shoulders and stopped her stomach from churning. For a few minutes, she thought she was going to lose her lunch. Then she’d gotten pissed. There was no reason for him to act like this at least not without talking to her about the issue.
