MC: Moniz: Book 9 (16 page)

I am not even nervous and wonder if I need help. Jeremy laughs watching me. Jacob is beside him smiling. They freak me out sometimes, but today isn’t one of those days so I squint my eyes at them making them laugh. I can’t keep a straight face and laugh with them. Jeremy stops and just watches me.

Geek sends me a text. She’s doing good. The first patient is with the doctor right now, but the doctor is smiling. My heart swells in my chest. My baby did it.

When they finally come down they’re all smiling. Jeremy goes right to Aubrey and pulls her leg so Geek will put her down. He does and Jeremy hugs her lifting her up and spinning around. We all watch stunned. Jacob is laughing and hugs them both then kisses Aubrey’s cheek. I look at Geek. He’s looking at Cloud.

The kids draw my attention. “I did good Mommy. The little girl is awake and the doctor says she’s not hurting.”

‘It sounds like you did perfect baby.’ She nods and wiggles to get down. Jeremy kisses her cheek and puts her down gently. She runs to me and I lift her for a tight squeeze. ‘Proud of you.’

“You’re always proud of me.” She kisses my cheek and wiggles to get down. “Daddy said we can get ice cream.” She takes Jeremy and Jacobs hands and starts walking to the door.

Danny cracks up. “Ice cream it is.” We follow him and the kids. There are three Security men with us besides Cloud and Danny. I think they went a little overboard but I don’t say anything. They may know something that I don’t so I walk holding Geeks hand smiling because my baby did good.

We get ice cream and drop the kids at the school. Danny went to a house or something and Cloud went to work. When we get to the school the Security team leaves one guy and drives away. This is the backyard and Geek said they cover it heavily so they don’t need extra teams here. I’m struck with how far they go to guard the kids again. I’ll have to ask Tess why this is.

Geek takes me home and we work in the office side by side. I love working from here with him. He stands up and shuts the monitors off. I look up wondering why. He pulls me up and walks out putting me against the wall. I smile at him. Maybe this is why I like working with him. He kisses me with a growl. I love that sound.

Before he can do anything else I’m pulling at his button and zipper. I have him in my hands loving the silky texture and hardness of him. “Fuck.” I push him so he’s against the wall and drop to my knees smiling at his moan. I put my mouth on him and his hand is in my hair. “I’ll move babe. Fuck that’s good.” He does move for me too. I concentrate on making it good for him with my hands moving all over him. When I scrape my teeth on his dick and fingernails on his sac he moans and swells in my mouth. I pull away sucking as hard as I can making him moan again. He moves holding my head and I let him fuck my mouth however he wants. He’s sexy as hell moaning so I work to keep getting that. He holds me still pushing in deep and I take him while he comes saying my name. I’m damn proud and smile as I look up at him. He’s smiling. “Fuckin’ Marty. This isn’t what I planned, but let’s get to that now.”

I take his hand and stand up. He pulls me to the spare room and strips my pants and shoes from me. Moving the pillows he lays me down on the edge of the bed. “There are times when all I want to do is throw your legs over my shoulders and eat. I want to see the look on your face when my mouth takes you away.”

Holy shit me too! He does.

I wash her with a towel and get her sexy as fuck panties back on her. She smiles the whole time. I kiss her lips and tell her to take what she needs and I’m going back to work. She’s laughing. I see her body shaking. I just smile and leave her there. Fuckin’ women. I got what I wanted and then some so I don’t give a fuck.

Flipping the feeds back on I check HS then Security and finally tracking. “Fuckin’ Jeremy!” I pop into HS. “Jeremy is out of the backyard! He’s heading toward the reservation.” I’m pulling feeds to watch him and throw them on Rich’s third board.

“Digs keep going west. Jeremy is on his way to the reservation with no Security. Team two, get behind him but do not try to stop him. Victor, get me Cloud and Little Ben then find out where the fuck his detail is.”

I see Digs coming up, he’s a half mile away. The second team is just falling in about a quarter mile away. Brantley pops from KC. “A red tagged pick up is running parallel to him.” He throws tagging on Rich’s fourth board.

Rich: “Get me VP! Team two, move to block for him. Digs move up to him. A truck is running the next road over.”

Digs: “Roger.” I watch him ride through the intersection then jump a car’s front end that is in his way. Fuckin’ Brothers have no fear.

Rich: “LP1, get to Logan Street in the reservation.”

Danny: “Roger LP2.”

Brantley splits my screen with tagging. “Geek there’s a car and truck we’re watching. The truck’s parked at the dock and the car is headed to the reservation but at a normal speed.”

I throw it on Rich’s side board. “I need Security to check a truck at the dock.”

VP: “On it Geek.”

Rich: “Fuck! Digs the trucks turning. It’s going to cut you off.”

I watch the boards, fuck, my heart is in my throat. Jeremy turns off the road into the trees.

Rich: “Follow his lead Digs.” They keep showing at the edge of the trees and the fuckin’ truck shoots at them.

Jesus. I watch the car coming up. VP and Rich are talking to different teams but I’m watching Jeremy. “He’s leading them deeper into the reservation.”

VP: “Got that. Geek.”

Rich: “LP1 stop that fuckin’ truck from shooting at him!”

Danny: “Roger LP2.” He comes through a trail onto the road and shoots the driver. The truck swerves almost hitting him and hits a tree. Fuckin’ guy is going to give me a heart attack. He pulls the passenger out and wire ties him hugging the tree. It takes him a minute but he’s with Digs and Jeremy running the tree line.

Rich: “He’s trying to draw the car. Team two, ride the tree line out of sight. LP1 slow it down.”

Jeremy slows and lifts the front wheel. He spins the bike going in the other direction. The Ops room explodes in chatter. Rich yells for them to shut the fuck up and we watch Jeremy spin back the other way. He’s barely moving then speeds up. The car turns onto the road and guns it. Fuckin’ kid is too much sometimes. Digs runs the tree line, getting behind it and Danny rides straight for it. Team two moves up then pulls behind Digs. Digs shoots the tires and Danny shoots the driver. The car isn’t stopping and I hear Danny laugh. He rides over the hood and jumps behind it. They watch it slow then stop. Jeremy rides up to them and puts his fist out. Digs bumps it laughing.

VP: “Celebrate when you get in the fuckin’ buildin’. Kid’s not safe out there.”

Danny looks at Jeremy and gets a nod. Jeremy rides right into the woods and runs in and out of the tree line back to town. I thought he was running up to the Baxters but he’s heading home. At the intersection that would bring him to Security he comes flying out of the woods and jumps a car getting the Surveillance team cheering again. I can’t help but smile. “Fuckin’ kid.” Danny and Digs ride in front and back of the car laughing. Jeremy flies through the streets and into the Security lot.

I sit and Marty sits beside me. I didn’t realize she was in here. ‘He’s unbelievably talented.’

I laugh, “Who knew?”

VP pops on my screen. “Get to Security.”

“On my way.” I stand up and bend to kiss Marty. “I’ll be back as soon as I can. Love ya babe.” She signs, ‘love and bye.’

I ride a cool seventy-five to Security and I’m told to go to meeting room two. I don’t have to point my gun at the Prospect this time. “Glad someone gave you pictures,” I tell him walking by.

I thumb the pad and walk in. Danny, Digs and Jeremy are here. I sit and wait. VP and Pres come in with Cloud right behind them. I’ve never seen Jeremy nervous but he looks nervous now. He looks at his hands then up at Cloud.

Jessie and Little Ben come in and Jeremy sinks back in his chair. Little Ben is pissed. He throws his book on the table and looks at Jeremy. Jessie sits beside him. “You talk through Jessie.” Little Ben growls at him.

He nods and looks at Pres. “As a Little Brother you fall to Little Ben. If he doesn’t hit something I’m thinking I’ll address it when he’s done.”

“Yes sir,” Jessie says. Jeremy looks at Little Ben. “They’re trying for Aubrey. I knew they would, but not when. Christian and Tess didn’t see it. I thought I was wrong. The kids cover her at school. You have her covered at home. Today I didn’t get they were here until Aubrey got scared. Aaron talked to Security. He didn’t listen. He said we are fine.”

“Aaron’s phone broke?” Little Ben asks his voice monotone. Jeremy looks down. “Brenda not show up for work today? No other kid had a way to call me, text me or talk to me in their head? You blocked me. They blocked me.”

Jeremy looks up at him. “I’m sorry,” Jessie says.

“You’re sorry. We pulled people from the backyard to cover for you. How safe was Aubrey then?”

Jeremy starts breathing heavy. “She’s okay? She’s at school?” he asks.

“She is. She’s safe because VP thought something wasn’t right with you ditching Security.”

Jeremy looks at VP. “Thank you.” Fuck I didn’t even look at the school once I picked him up.

“The thing you thought would keep her safest is what put Aubrey, the Little Brothers and Sisters, old ladies and you in jeopardy. You pulled Danny from a Security meeting at Baxters, had a hologram almost outed and the entire HS on high alert because you blocked me. You undermined my authority having the Little Brothers keep this from me. When the fuck did you decide you know what’s best for everyone?”

Jeremy looks down. “I just wanted to keep her safe,” Jessie says.

“Did you?”

“I didn’t, then put everyone else at risk. All I could see is keeping her safe. I can’t keep doing the focus thing it doesn’t work!” Jessie says looking at Little Ben with a smile.

Little Ben nods at Pres. “Why did you block me?”

Jeremy’s head snaps up. “Security wouldn’t listen. I was pissed. I knew I could handle it.” I look at him shocked.

“Did you know they were shooting real bullets at you? There were two trucks and a car. Did you get that?” Little Ben shoots right back at him.

Jeremy’s face pales. “No. The focus thing doesn’t work! I can’t see everything like before,” he says pissed.

“Oh, I think it works perfect. You have to work now to keep your head from spinning. You aren’t seeing everything when you slow it down. It’s always been easy now you have to work and you don’t like it.”

“It was never easy! People die in my head every day! They were taking her again! You know what they want to do to her? They’ll keep trying because we keep stopping them! She can’t go back! This time she’ll die!” Tears are running down his face.

Little Ben goes to him and picks him up. “We won’t let it happen. We will do everything to keep her safe and right here.”

“She’s mine. She’s special Little Ben,” Jessie says.

“I know Brother. We all know. We’re working every fuckin’ day to know that and to protect it. We can’t do that if you pull shit like you did today. We could have lost her. Thank God VP saw to cover the school. We didn’t even know who we were covering, but he did it. It takes all of us to keep everyone covered. I need you to see that.” Jeremy nods against his shoulder. “I need you to keep working on the focus so you keep you and the rest of us safe. You get the focus down and the rest will follow. I need you to say you get that.”

Jeremy lifts his head. “I get it Little Ben. I’m sorry. I was scared and pissed. I’ll do better next time.”

Little Ben sits him on the table. “How do you know the rest will follow?” Jessie asks smiling.

“Because you talked in complete sentences for more than half of our conversation. I don’t think you’ll be turning into town gossip, but it will make life a fuck of a lot easier when I can ask you a question and get an answer directly from you.” Little Ben smiles at him.

Jeremy looks around then back at Little Ben. “Are you going to punch me now?” he asks.

I turn my head to keep from laughing. “No, but you do have consequences. You lost something here today Jeremy. You have to earn that back. You’re in the backyard until I feel that you’ve earned it. You also have to show you understand what the lives you put in danger today are worth. Our Brotherhood doesn’t put people in danger. We pull them out. You show the Brothers you get that and they may trust you again.”

Jeremy nods. “Not even the hospital?” Jessie says.

“No. If you ever block me and put people in danger again I will take your cut,” Little Ben says holding his chin up. Jeremy looks shocked.

“Yes sir, I understand,” Jessie says. Little Ben moves away from him. He looks at Cloud like he’s embarrassed then over to Pres.

“I think Little Ben covered everything. I hope you earn that respect and trust back soon.” He throws chin to Cloud. “See if you can get some details about who the fuck we’re dealing with on your way to delivering him to the compound.”

“Can I go to the school? I need to apologize,” Jeremy asks. Pres looks at Little Ben and gets a nod.

“You can deliver him to the school. You don’t leave the backyard,” Pres tells him.

Jessie laughs. “He won’t chance losing his cut,” Jessie says. “I cleaned it up.”

Cloud puts his hand out and Jeremy looks at the floor walking over to him. Shit. They walk out without a word.

“Fuck!” Little Ben says sitting down with his head in his hands. “Fuckin’ kid sees people dying in his head every day. I gave him nothing for that.”

“You couldn’t LB, everyone has their job, his is to see that. He’s the only one equipped to deal with it. I’m not saying it’s an easy job, just that he has the ability to handle it,” Danny says to him.

Pres walks to him. “You did what needed to be done. You were fair and took the stress of his life into consideration. I’m proud of you Little Ben.”

“It feels like shit,” Little Ben says.

“Yeah.” He slaps his back and looks at me. “Aubrey and Marty are on High Security starting today. When Cloud calls in I’ll set a meeting to deal with whatever the fuck is next.”

Little Ben stands. “I need to go deal with the Little Brothers.” He leaves with Jessie. I don’t envy him.

I look at VP. “Did Brantley block him?”

He shakes his head no. “Just got on when he called in. Was surprised we didn’t know.”

Shit. I don’t want to admit this. “Once I saw him out of the yard I never looked at the school feed.”

“It’s not your job. You run IT. Security and Family Security should have picked him up. Thank fuck you caught it,” VP tells me.

“Find out why they didn’t catch it. He went past Security, HS and Family. I want to know how. If he got out someone can get in,” Pres says. He’s pissed. He looks at his watch. “I have a meeting. VP take the call from Cloud. I’ll meet you at the patio at eight.” He throws chin and walks out.

“I’ll pull the feeds at the school to see how he got out.” I say walking out. They were coming for Aubrey. Fuck. I have to see her so I pull the live feed and look for her. She’s holding Jeremy’s hand while he’s talking to the kids. It looks like Aaron is talking some for him. I run it backward two hours. VP comes in and sits beside me. We watch the kids eat lunch in groups. The younger kids are watching over Aubrey and Jeremy again. “There’s something else happening. They watch over them in a weird way. Like someone in the room is a threat,” I tell him.

“Thought the same thin’ when I watched,” he says. I look at him for a second. He drops ‘g’ on verbs, but when he’s stressed he drops them all. He’s watching intently so I turn back.

Jeremy is looking at Aaron then Aaron nods. They stand and go to the door. I pull the video of the foyer and outside and put them side by side. OB is in the foyer and talks to Aaron. I see his shoulders slump and he looks at Jeremy. He says something else and points to the classroom. Jeremy really is pissed. Aaron goes back in head down and shoulders slumped. “What the fuck did he say?” I rewind it and pull the sound sliding it higher.

“Your fuckin’ job is being in school. Mine is making sure no one gets in. You do your job and I’ll do mine. Nothing’s happening or I’d know. The fuckin’ Brothers take too much shit from you kids.” This fuckin Brother used to work in Salvage. He begged and worked to get on Security and now he’s treating the kids like this?

Aaron reacts pulling into himself. He turns to go in then stops. “Can you call VP or Rich to check outside?”

“No. I’m not bothering them with your shit go back to class.” He points to the door.