Typically, those words would have me shutting down, especially after hearing about my team’s former CO, who betrayed his country and forced one of their teammates to take the fall. But Arrow—as my friend, not CO—was one of the few exceptions to that rule.
“Go on.”
Arrow sighed. “I need help hunting someone down and a place…to stash someone while I figure out what to do with her.”
My brows rose. “Her?”
“Yeah. Do you know of a place? I need you to round up a few of your teammates and meet me there. I’ll explain everything then.”
“Huntley knows someone who could be very helpful with this,” I mused, thinking of Merrick Ashford, a former SEAL and retired hitman who was now a bounty hunter, husband, and father. “I’ll talk to the boys and text you ASAP.”
“Hooyah,” he mumbled before hanging up.
Well, this will no doubt be interesting.
Still a little stunned, I wandered back into the kitchen and motioned for Huntley to join me. I filled him in, and he went into my office to make some calls.
Annalise popped her head around the corner and announced, “Chow time.”
I didn’t know what the hell was going on with Arrow, but staring at my wife, I couldn’t help but smile and thank my lucky stars she was mine.
Epilogue
Annalise
“Aw, no fair. I wanna dwess up, too!”
I looked down at my four-year-old son, my brows drawing together. “Halloween isn’t until this weekend, sweetie. You’ll get to wear your costume then.”
Bennett puffed out his bottom lip in an exaggerated pout. “But Elliot is dwessed up.”
Glancing over my shoulder, I discovered that my oldest son was right. The baby had been in a sleeper only five minutes ago, but Andrew had apparently put him into a costume when he’d taken him upstairs to the nursery. One I’d never seen before.
I should’ve known that my brother had an ulterior motive when he volunteered to change Elliot’s diaper since it was completely out of character for him.
Just because my dad and brother welcomed Kade to the family when we got married didn’t mean their Air Force/Navy rivalry ended. Although they toned down the comments over the past few years, as soon as Bennett decided to be a sailor for Halloween this year, all bets were off.
Staring down at the tiny pilot uniform my brother had dressed Elliot in, I groaned, “Seriously?”
“C’mon, sis. Isn’t he adorable?” Andrew shifted his hold on my youngest son so I could get a better view of the costume.
He was beyond adorable, but I wouldn’t cave that easily. “How did you even find it? He’s only two months old. I was just going to dress him in a little pumpkin onesie.”
“I ordered it online from a place that does custom costumes.”
I shook my head with a sigh. “I don’t even want to know how much you paid for this. He’s literally going to be able to wear the costume once before he doesn’t fit in it anymore.”
Andrew shrugged. “Yeah, but it’s still totally worth it.”
“Definitely,” Dad agreed with a chuckle.
“It is super cute,” I conceded with a roll of my eyes. “But Kade won’t be thrilled about him wearing it.”
“I know.” Andrew shot me a smug grin. “That’s a big part of why I bought it.”
“What am I not going to be thrilled about?” my husband asked as he came in from the garage.
“That.” I pointed toward my brother as he walked toward us with our youngest son in his arms, his grin growing wider.