seventeen hundred hours today. We can’t get in to see Kade until visiting hours at oh eight hundred tomorrow morning. We came straight to the scene of the crime and just finished interviewing the owner. D and I both took a 30-day leave to sort this shit out and get my brother out. If we need more than 30-days, then we will request it. Kade is our brother, once a SEAL always a SEAL. We do not leave a man behind, we do not give up until our mission is complete, and we will not rest until our brother is set free. Do you feel me?”
“I feel you,” I answered because the man was intense, he was determined, and he was pissed right the hell off. “You’re The Brute Squad in fatigues.”
Prez’s head jerked back at my comment and a slow grin pulled across his face. “Did you just quote Princess Bride?”
“You know that movie, too?”
“Know it; we can quote the whole damn movie. Kade’s final mission with our team, we forgot our movies. Our portable DVD player made it on board the plane so we checked to see if anything was inside. Thanks to our lieutenant’s wife, who had borrowed the device, The Princess Bride was inside. We ended up watching it every night for two months.”
“Kade said one of your wives quoted it all the time and that’s how he knew the movie,” I laughed.
“I bet,” Mickey D chuckled. “We’re The Brute Squad, princess. We don’t want to admit we liked a chick flick.”
“But there’s sword fighting, shrieking eels and Cary Elwes,” I stated. “It’s way more than a chick flick.”
Both men nodded in agreement and I felt an instant bond. They had to be good men Kade could trust if they quoted Princess Bride.
“You boys got a place to stay?” Dad asked, grinning from ear to ear. No doubt he found it as hilarious as I did that these macho men liked my favorite movie.
“I won’t need much sleep, sir. I’ve got a friend to rescue,” Mickey answered, his face hard with anger once again.
“All right. How about a place to store your gear while you’re out hunting down the bad guys?”
“Are you offering?” Prez asked.
“My casa is su casa.”
“Then we accept,” Prez replied.
“Before we see Kade tomorrow, I want to know how our brother is really doing.”
“I’d say on a scale of one to killing someone, he’s about a seven.”
“Then there’s no time to lose. Take us back to your house and we’ll store our gear and get started.”
“Have you already been to the courthouse and obtained a copy of the court records?” I inquired, surprised they could investigate anything their first night in town.
“Princess, the less you know, the better,” Mickey stated.
“I don’t understand? If you follow the evidence, then what’s there to hide from me?”
“We have a select set of skills which allows us to . . . How should I put this? Access information without leaving the comfort of home.”
Oh, Lord!
Leaning in so no one would hear I whispered, “You’re going to hack into the courthouse, aren’t you?”
“No going to about it; all we need has already been obtained,” Prez answered, raising a duffle bag that I assumed held their equipment.
“Whoa, you are The Brute Squad . . . but with brains.”
“No, darlin’,” Prez smiled. “We’re Navy SEALs . . . “
***
“Are you gonna tell him you kissed the woman he’s been hard for for more than fifteen years, or am I?”
“Why do I have to tell him?”
Prez cocked an eyebrow at D as they waited for Kade to be brought up and shook his head slowly. “For a SEAL you’re a dumb son of a bitch, you know that, right?”
“Prez, it’ll just piss him off. Why upset him any more than he’s already been,” Mickey hedged. But the truth was, he liked his balls right where they were. He had no doubt that Kade would tie them in a knot if he knew that his lips had gotten anywhere near his dream woman.
Prez, Kade, and Mickey D had gone through BUD/s together, moved up the ranks together, and
“I feel you,” I answered because the man was intense, he was determined, and he was pissed right the hell off. “You’re The Brute Squad in fatigues.”
Prez’s head jerked back at my comment and a slow grin pulled across his face. “Did you just quote Princess Bride?”
“You know that movie, too?”
“Know it; we can quote the whole damn movie. Kade’s final mission with our team, we forgot our movies. Our portable DVD player made it on board the plane so we checked to see if anything was inside. Thanks to our lieutenant’s wife, who had borrowed the device, The Princess Bride was inside. We ended up watching it every night for two months.”
“Kade said one of your wives quoted it all the time and that’s how he knew the movie,” I laughed.
“I bet,” Mickey D chuckled. “We’re The Brute Squad, princess. We don’t want to admit we liked a chick flick.”
“But there’s sword fighting, shrieking eels and Cary Elwes,” I stated. “It’s way more than a chick flick.”
Both men nodded in agreement and I felt an instant bond. They had to be good men Kade could trust if they quoted Princess Bride.
“You boys got a place to stay?” Dad asked, grinning from ear to ear. No doubt he found it as hilarious as I did that these macho men liked my favorite movie.
“I won’t need much sleep, sir. I’ve got a friend to rescue,” Mickey answered, his face hard with anger once again.
“All right. How about a place to store your gear while you’re out hunting down the bad guys?”
“Are you offering?” Prez asked.
“My casa is su casa.”
“Then we accept,” Prez replied.
“Before we see Kade tomorrow, I want to know how our brother is really doing.”
“I’d say on a scale of one to killing someone, he’s about a seven.”
“Then there’s no time to lose. Take us back to your house and we’ll store our gear and get started.”
“Have you already been to the courthouse and obtained a copy of the court records?” I inquired, surprised they could investigate anything their first night in town.
“Princess, the less you know, the better,” Mickey stated.
“I don’t understand? If you follow the evidence, then what’s there to hide from me?”
“We have a select set of skills which allows us to . . . How should I put this? Access information without leaving the comfort of home.”
Oh, Lord!
Leaning in so no one would hear I whispered, “You’re going to hack into the courthouse, aren’t you?”
“No going to about it; all we need has already been obtained,” Prez answered, raising a duffle bag that I assumed held their equipment.
“Whoa, you are The Brute Squad . . . but with brains.”
“No, darlin’,” Prez smiled. “We’re Navy SEALs . . . “
***
“Are you gonna tell him you kissed the woman he’s been hard for for more than fifteen years, or am I?”
“Why do I have to tell him?”
Prez cocked an eyebrow at D as they waited for Kade to be brought up and shook his head slowly. “For a SEAL you’re a dumb son of a bitch, you know that, right?”
“Prez, it’ll just piss him off. Why upset him any more than he’s already been,” Mickey hedged. But the truth was, he liked his balls right where they were. He had no doubt that Kade would tie them in a knot if he knew that his lips had gotten anywhere near his dream woman.
Prez, Kade, and Mickey D had gone through BUD/s together, moved up the ranks together, and
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