This Cradle Won't Fall (The American Soldier Collection 18)
Chapter Five
Lou was on the phone with Bailey. He talked about New York, working for the Fiorre family, and Lou told him about Vye.
“Damn, that is pretty amazing shit. I wish I was there to see you hard ass old men fall head over heels for a twenty-three-year-old woman. A baby, too, that’s crazy,” he said.
“I know it is. Like I explained. It just kind of happened. We’re taking things slow. She’s scared, and trying to fight the whole guardianship thing.”
“That’s funny, but hey, there was a time you guys, as well as us, avoided even seeing Ford or going into town so we weren’t chosen. We were all trying so hard not to feel an attraction to any woman because of the jobs we had,” Bailey said.
“I know. It’s a fucking shocker. The thing is, we don’t know anything really about Benny’s dad. Could be the dick gave up and is living his shitty life, but since he came from Pennsylvania, and apparently does shit in New York from what Vye has told Ford, we were wondering if you could find out anything? Maybe get your cousins and their connections to find out whatever you can under the radar?”
“Hey, not a problem at all. Give me the full name, any info on names of businesses, places he hangs, friends, you know the deal, whatever you got.”
“Thanks, Bailey. So how is it working for them?” Lou asked.
“It’s pretty fucking good actually. I just don’t like having to wear dress pants and ties and shit. Miss Salvation, hunting, shooting, and that kind of thing. Funny thing is, Donata says she misses it, too. I give it a few more weeks, tops, and she’ll be ready to head back to the ranch for a while.”
“Well, we’d love to see you and Donata, too. Have her meet Vye and Benny.”
“Sounds good. I’ll look this dick up and see what I can get on him.”
“Thanks, Bailey. Talk to you soon.” Lou ended the call and looked at Kendrick.
“Kind of makes me nervous. Like something is going to go wrong. Like what if this dick wants her back or wants to be part of Benny’s life?” Kendrick said to him.
“I thought about that, too, but don’t you think he would have hired someone to find her, or notified a lawyer or something?”
“Not if he’s into illegal shit.”
“A guy who thinks he can smack around a pregnant woman and do drugs and shit, and you think he would worry about getting a lawyer to go after custody just to fuck with Vye?” Lou asked.
“Jesus, I hope the fuck not.”
“Me, too.”
“I wish she would give in a bit more and accept guardianship from us. At least it would keep away other men in town who are interested and get them to stop flirting with her,” Kendrick said, sounding annoyed.
“I know, but we decided at her pace and only to give little pushes here and there.”
“Do we even know where she is right now? Where are Tex, Frankie, and Pierce?” Kendrick asked.
“Frankie and Pierce are going over the schedules for our classes Monday, and Tex went into town.”
Just then Lou’s cell phone rang.
“It’s Tex,” he said and smiled as he listened. Then he ended the call.
“Well?”
“Looks like we’re going to dinner with Vye.”
“What?” Kendrick asked and sat forward in his chair.
“Tex said he had a really good talk with her, asked her to dinner with us tonight, and she said yes.” Lou smiled.
“Holy shit,” Kendrick said and Lou couldn’t help but feel excited. They were going to dinner with Vye. She accepted an invite. Were the walls finally starting to come down? He sure hoped so as he called out to Frankie and Pierce to let them know. This was going to work out fine, and the call to Bailey was lost on happier thoughts and hopefully steps in the right direction to making Vye their woman completely.
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