Page 82 of Colton Family Bodyguard (Coltons of Mustang Valley)

“Aw, thanks Evie.”

“When are you coming to get me?”

Hazel wished she could say right now, right this minute. “I don’t know yet. I’ll call you as soon as I do, okay?”

“Okay.” Evie’s tone dimmed considerably.

Hazel felt both loved by her daughter and sad, which put a damper on her mood.

“What are you doing right now?” Evie asked.

“I was watching a movie with Callum.”

“What movie?”

“None that you would like. An adult movie.”

“Can we watch Brave when I get home?”

“Of course.” She heard Owen say in the background that they had that movie there. Hazel was going to start to get jealous.

“Can I talk to Cal-em?” Evie asked.

Hazel was surprised by the request. Why did she want to talk to Callum?

“Sure.” She put the phone on speaker—she wasn’t about to miss a single second of this. “Evie wants to say hi,” she said to Callum.

“Hi, Cal-em.”

“Hi, Evie. You having fun?” He sounded as though he was a good sport but Hazel wondered if this would be difficult for him.

“Yes! I like my uncle and aunt’s house. They’re fun.”

“That’s good.”

“Did you catch the bad guy yet?” she asked.

“I’m not a policeman. Kerry is the one who will catch him,” Callum said.

“Did Mommy tell you I’m gonna be a police girl when I grow up?”

“No, she didn’t. Why do you want to do that?”

“So I can get a badge and catch bad people,” she said. “Why didn’t you be a policeman?”

Callum looked at Hazel with a grin. Evie was full of questions today.

“I suppose I wanted to protect people instead of catch the ones who hurt them.”

A few seconds passed as Evie absorbed that. “I want to protect people, too. That’s what Kerry does.”

“Yes, she’s one of the good guys.”

“She’s a girl.”

Callum chuckled. “Yes, she is.”

A few more seconds passed and Hazel thought her daughter had run out of steam at last.

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