Page 383 of Chaos has a Name
She was to the point because she didn’t lie to her husbands.
“One day, he wants to do what we do. I’m going to give him a chance to see it. Don’t think for one second that I won’t tackle him if he’s in an iota of danger. I’ll make him wish he was back at bootcamp.”
They got it.
Elizabeth was going to save Koda’s feelings, and give him what he wanted.
Like a good mother.
Instead of arguing, Ethan gave her a kiss.
“Okay, my love,” he said. “I’ll hold down the fort while you do the legwork. Keep updating the drive. I’ll see what I can profile out of all of this. Keep my family safe,” he said, glancing over at Raphael, Gryphen, and Ivan.“I MEAN IT.”
They just nodded.
His tone said it all.
Ethan was not playing.
“Raph, we’ll give you an update on our whereabouts,” she said, moving to the back of the vehicle where she grabbed body armor.
Taking it out, she handed it to her son.
“Remember our talk.”
He nodded.
“I will, Deputy Director.”
As he suited up, she spoke to Ivan and Gryphen. Oh, and she left nothing to the imagination.
“I want Gryphen on him at all times. He’s going to be riding with us from here on out.”
Ivan stared at her.
“We’re short-staffed, Elizabeth.”
She was to the point.
“Then, get us more team if we’re short-staffed. I don’t care how much it costs. He wants to learn how to do my job, and I’m going to teach him. That’s my job. Yours is to make sure he stays hole-free.”
He pointed one thing out.
“My job is to keep you hole-free.”
She was laying down the law.
“Ivan, I don’t give a flying Fig Newton about me. I can hold my own. Just be glad we’re going home as soon as we figure this out. Then, we have plenty of bodyguards there.”
Well, thank God for that.
Ivan liked it out here about as much as he liked the idea of having his balls rot off.
This was not fun.
Not.
At.
