ZAK SEAL Team Seven(31)

“Fuck bro I…” He broke off whatever it was he was going to say, and I felt almost bad for setting him up when he closed his eyes as if in pain. It’s funny, but as pissed as I was at Vanessa, I wish to fuck that my brother, that all my brothers could feel at least once, that deep abiding love I’d once had for her. Then again if it was all gonna turn out like this maybe they were better off. He pulled himself together and just shook his head and took a swig of his now warm beer.

I heard the women coming and moved in front of the door. Gaby, Dani and even Susie looked like they wanted to kick my ass. “What do you lot want?” My brothers might try to kick my ass for being less than polite to their women, but I wasn’t in the mood to deal with their brand of fuckery.



“We’re here to see the baby, in case you’ve forgotten, we never did get a chance to say hello.” Gaby seems to be the designated mouthpiece. Good luck with that.

“She’s asleep, come back tomorrow and leave that one somewhere.” I pointed at Vanessa before slamming the door in their faces. I don’t give a fuck; let their men deal with their meddling asses.

“Fuck bro, you do not want to start a war with these women are you fuck stupid?” Lo looked like somebody had gut punched his ass. I’m beginning to think Ty was right about him and Con; they were almost unrecognizable.

“Damn, the pussy whipped battalion is at it again. I got your back Zak; don’t listen to them. These women need to learn their place.”

“Oh do tell Mr. Hotshot, and just where is that?” If this fucker runs from her I’ll never let him live it down, and that looked like just what he was about to do.

Instead of tucking tail and hightailing it out of there though, he gave her a look that said plenty. There was enough heat behind that shit to roast a whole cornfield. I felt almost like a voyeur witnessing the shit.

“Damn bro tone that shit down, there’re other people here.”

I looked at the others to see if they’d seen it as well and they had. Poor Vicki Lynn was trying to figure out what the fuck had hit her, but she regrouped fast enough.

“He is so gone.” I whispered that shit to Quinn out the side of my mouth.

“Didn’t really believe it until just now. You think he knows?” why the fuck were we whispering?

“Yeah, but that fucker’s gonna fight it tooth and nail.” There was a lot of throat clearing after that and I was hoping the rest of them would get the hell out and go deal with their women, but no such luck, they wanted to talk. Vicki Lynn made a joke that she should spend the night so she could look after Zakira and I thought Ty would have a conniption.

“That’s okay Vicki Lynn, I think you should stay with Dani and I for tonight.” Everyone looked at Ty to see if that was acceptable and his shoulders relaxed a little even though he looked like he was chewing on nails.

She soon left thank fuck before he became postal, and they started their shit with me again. Thank fuck the baby woke up again and they got distracted. “I know we have to deal with shit, but I’d like to take some time to get to know my daughter. I’ll do my part around here of course, that goes without saying, but what say we table any heavy conversations about me and the…me and her mother for another time.”

“Hardheaded fuck.” Lo pushed up from his chair.

“Or we could do it now and I could tell you to get her out of here before I snap and break her fucking neck, choose your pick.” I went after my kid and left them to see themselves out. I was over the shit already. It had only been a few short hours, though it felt like a whole lifetime had passed, but it wasn’t enough time for people to be hounding me like I had shit all worked out already.

“It’s okay little darling, daddy’s here.” She was muddy so I set up the laptop near her new changing table, and went to YouTube. I followed the instructions to a T and pretty soon my baby girl was freshly powdered and smelling like a baby again.

Now all I had to do was figure out how to feed her and we were in business. I loved the weight of her on my arm, loved the way she already clung to her daddy like she needed me.

We stayed up and talked. Well I talked mostly she just babbled and nodded her head like she knew what the fuck I was saying, in between trying to eat her feet. “Daddy’s gonna teach you how to shoot but we gotta wait until you’re about six or so.

That way anybody fu…ahem, anybody messes with you and I’m not there, you can handle shit yourself.” That sounded about right to me, and I’m sure the others would help me show her all the ways to protect herself. My chest burned with the thought of all the years that were to come and just what the hell we were gonna face.