Page 131 of Assassin

Oh, and she dreaded dealing with the man.

Why?

Because she actually liked Gene, and she’d told Tommy that if push came to shove, she’d do more than give him a shove.

She’d bury him.

Elizabeth had warned him that she had to protect the missions in NOLA at all costs. It was the countries first line of defense against anything hitting their ports.

The same was true for Boston.

At first, her hope was he’d believe that and stop doing stupid shit.

Now, she could see that wasn’t going to happen anytime soon.

What to do?

What to do?

That was the question.

She had a couple of options, and all of them involved her getting her ass back on a plane.

Damn it.

As she stood there in the kitchen, staring into the living room where all of her kids were on the couch—Uncle Gene with them, Elizabeth knew that this had to be handled carefully.

If not, there would be pain for multiple people, and her job was to not only protect the United States of America, but to protect her family.

This was going to be tricky.

As Ethan came in, he saw the look on her face and knew something was up.

“Uh-oh. What happened?” he asked, knowing his wife didn’t look perplexed for nothing.

When she didn’t answer him, the panic set in.

Silence was always a red flag.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

Elizabeth knew she couldn’t lie to him, but she also didn’t want anything she said to affect his relationship with Gene.

With just the couple of days they’d been home, the man was completely different.

Ethan was calm, and seemed like he’d found his groove. There was little tension, and he was…

HAPPY.

The bottom line was that they all wanted that for him. A calm Ethan was a happy family. The demons that had chased and haunted him seemed to be at bay.

Now, she had to be honest with him, so she eased him into it.

“Nothing, really. I’m just handling the situation in NOLA.”

Yeah, she was holding back.

He’d been married to her for fourteen years, and this face…it meant one thing.

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