ZAK SEAL Team Seven(14)

No wonder the kid looked like he was ready to shit in his drawers. Cord came over to us with Susie in tow. “Con, Lo, Zak, I’m leaving her with the girls, these two are scared.”

“I’m not…” she puffed up and started to get huffy.

“Quiet.” She piped down. Damn, how come I can’t tell Red that shit and have her stand the fuck down without giving me headaches?

“What about the boy?” Lo asked as Con and I nodded our agreement. If Cord trusted her around our women, then there was no question, plus I’m pretty sure Vanessa could take her if she had to.

“He’s in this, no use keeping him out.” He had a point. The kid had shared some shit with us about the commander’s last days that we hadn’t known about, and wouldn’t have without him. “Fair enough.”

Lo gave his consent as I called Red to give her the heads up that the girl was coming. Then the rest of us stood back and listened as Cord lectured her on how to behave while she was out of his sight. “You have got to be shitting me. I’ll meet the rest of you pussy whipped honchos in the cottage.”

Ty walked off shaking his head. I’ll deal with him later; right now it was more fun watching the drama unfold.

“What do you think I am two? Look, my brother and I may not come from money and we may not be as lofty as you and your friends, but we do know how to act. We know how to eat with utensils too, and look…” she opened her mouth and showed him her teeth, “We have all our teeth and we’re hard workers.” Oh shit.

“Brothers and sisters.” That’s all he said and confused the hell out of her. I for one was wondering where the fuck all this calm was coming from. Cord isn’t exactly Mr. Cordial for all that he’s the quietest one of the bunch. “What, what are you mumbling about now?” She looked at him like he was crazy.

“They’re my family not my friends, and no one ever said you weren’t good enough, now be my good girl and come along.” She folded her arms and looked ready for battle.

He picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. What the fuck? I just looked at the others and followed after Ty. “Lo, Con, you two are the leaders of this outfit, I’m hoping you’re keeping your eyes on that shit, because that right there, is a domestic situation waiting to happen.” I thought I had problems.



***



We had already decided on which of the three to turn. It was easy enough, you find the weakest link and you turn the screws. But we had to use common sense, we couldn’t let the other two know what we were up to, so we separated them. He was hungry, hurting and scared. “So, Adrian, let’s talk about your future.”

I pulled up the file we had on him on my tablet. “Is this your family? Cute wife, you wanna live to see her again I suggest you not fuck with me on this.” He started sweating and I hadn’t even begun.

“You say you don’t know who’s calling the shots and we believe you, for now, but we’re gonna need you to do something for us. We need a man inside.” He opened his mouth but I held up my hand.

“Hear me out, there’s no negotiating, you either agree or you don’t leave here alive. And in case you’re thinking of reneging once you leave here, know that we have someone already in place to watch you. I’m guessing right about now you’re trying to figure out how the fuck you got yourself in this fix? This is what happens when you go south. As far as I’m concerned you’re a piece a shit who doesn’t deserve to live, but we might be able to use you, you try to fuck us on this and we’ll bury you. You won’t see us coming, but you’ll feel the impact two seconds before you’re dead.”

“It doesn’t matter anyway, they probably already think we went AWOL.” He really is a nervous fucker, and a liar too. That could get his ass shot before he even left the room.

“No they don’t you’re on leave for the weekend all three of you, and that’s your only freebie, lie to me again and I’ll slice your nuts off. You’ll live, but that pretty little filly won’t have any uses for you.” He got the picture.

“What do you want me to do?” Lo came off the wall and stood over him making him shake even more in his boots.

“It’s simple, you’re gonna get word to us when there’s something going down. You’re gonna keep your ears and eyes open and keep us informed.

Any more surprises and you’re gonna be the one to get it, from downwind.” He knew what that shit meant and one of his buddies had already seen what Cord could do with a gun from a distance.