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“I don’t know. I’ve been trying to come up with a plan for the last week, but I don’t know how to get Mary alone so I can talk to her. I keep thinking we need a distraction. If we go in together, do you think we can do something to give me time to talk to her?”
Tempest nodded. “That will work. I think I know how to do it too. Let me think about it and get back to you in the next few days. I need to make sure I won’t get a mission before then too.”
“Thank you. All of you. I’m probably going to catch hell from your men, but if we can save six women from traffickers, I’ll take anything they want to do to me,” Providence said. Then she lifted her glass to toast their little rescue team.
CHAPTER 4
TONY
Tony climbed the stairs to the deck and grabbed a beer from the cooler. “Anyone need a beer?”
“I’ll take one,” Quinn said.
Ry and Josh gave him the thumbs up, but Doc was too busy stuffing his face with desserts. Tony grabbed the bottles and knocked off the caps on the edge of the cooler.
The guys were sitting around the fire pit. As he walked over, Quinn got up and dragged a chair over for Tony.
“Thanks.” He passed out the beers and shook his head as Doc shoved another half doughnut into his mouth. Fergus “Doc” O’Brien put away sugar like the rest of the team ate meat. It was crazy, or maybe he was. Either way, the SEAL passed all hismedical tests every year. Tony hoped he was around when it all caught up to him, though. Then they could say, “I told you so.”
“Have a nice lunch?” Ry grinned.
Let the razzing begin. He didn’t care as long as it didn’t bother Providence. If it did, he’d put a stop to it faster than they could say extra PT.
“Yup. The burgers were excellent, Lucky. Thanks for the invite.”
Lucky tipped his chin, and the edges of his eyes crinkled with amusement. “I’m glad you enjoyed them.”
“The salads were excellent, too.” Tony hid his grin behind the beer bottle before taking a swig.
“We’ll let Harmony and Grace know. Or you could tell them yourself when they’re done planning inside,” Josh said.
The guys laughed. “Oh yeah, I can’t wait to see what they come up with this time. I’m sure they’ll drag Providence into it with them,” Lucky said.
“Trouble?” What trouble could they get into? Sure, Tempest and Grace could be a handfull. But Harmony was so sweet she should cause cavities. Plus, she was the biggest klutz he’d ever met.
Instead of answering him, Quinn raised an eyebrow. “So, Providence, huh?”
Tony shrugged. “I’m playing nice. She’s new to town.”
“And single, close to your age, and drop-dead sexy,” Doc said, after finally coming up from his sugar-laden plate.
It was Tony’s turn to raise an eyebrow. “I hadn’t noticed.”
“Bullshit.” Lucky chuckled. “We all saw the way you checked out her ass as you followed her. You can’t shit a bunch of shitters.”
Tony laughed. He hadn’t tried to hide his interest, but maybe he should have. “I’m old, not dead. Grace would have killed you if you’d done it. But Quinn and Doc weren’t immune to her either. Obviously.”
Doc nodded.
“Nah, but she’s not my type. Not that I don’t appreciate older women…” Quinn said before taking a long drink of his beer.
Ry elbowed his team lead in the side. “You not interested in a woman? Are you holding out on us, Falcon 1?”
“Nope, but if I was, you’d never know, would you?” Quinn grinned.
“Probably not.” Ry nodded. “But the women would love it if you two hooked up with someone.Harmony tells me all the time that she feels so bad you’re alone.”
Tony smiled. Ry’s words reinforced his thoughts about her. They were perfect together. She softened all his rough edges. But Tony would break a woman like her. He needed someone who’d been through hell and after sitting with Providence, he’d read that in her eyes.
