Avenging Laura (Special Forces: Operation Alpha)

Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE

What most never realize, until it was too late, Highlander was a softy, like Wolf when it came to his wife and his children. If you were lucky enough to be considered family by Highlander or his wife, blood or not, then you got his soft side too.

Where Laura was concerned, he would turn into a villain in a heartbeat. While most want a man who would choose only them and be kind and love them and the world around them, Joseph MacLeod was the opposite. While those close to him knew the true him, those who didn’t quickly found out, you harm the hair on his wife or his children’s body, he would burn the fucking world down to find them or avenge the harm done to them. He gave no fucks who he hurt when that happened because the only one who deserved to breathe the air of his wife and children were those who did not cause them harm.

Laura and Joe were a cross between Cinderella meeting the Beast, forget Belle. So far, only two other women on their team could say they have found their beast who would burn the fucking world to the ground for them, and both of them were in the presence of the head beast himself.

Raso found her happily ever after in Joe’s brother, Marcus “Pats” MacLeod, a Marine Raider stationed there in San Diego with them. Diesel found hers in a former teammate of Marcus’s, turned MC President, Dean “Viper” McKnight. The team dubbed those three men the dream team.

“What is the meaning of this?” One of the women at Kathy’s stood up squaring off with Raso and Diesel as they approached the table where Kathy Pratt was seated.

Ignoring the woman, Raso turned toward Kathy and stared her down. “Kathy Pratt, I’m Detective Lindsey Raso with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. I know you are aware of who Detective Diesel, and I are. We need you to come with us to the department. Please.”

“What for? I have done nothing wrong.” Kathy Pratt sniffed at the two women as if they were beneath her.

“Ma’am, we never said you did. We are simply requesting your presence at the department,” Diesel attempted to play nice, feeling Highlander vibrating behind her.

“Unless you can give me a viable reason, I am not going. I am busy and have better things to do.”

“I’m done playing nice. These two lovely lasses have tried nicely to request that ye come into the department so that ye can help us with some information on ye ex-husband who’s probably fucked half these biddies in here and slut of a daughter who you claim is the good one. The one who happens to be the head of a major human trafficking organization. These women, for whatever fucking reason believe that ye life is in danger. So, get unbusy. Get ye arse up and allow these two fine upstanding detectives to escort ye arse to the department, or I will assist them in handcuffing ye and treating ye like the criminal I honestly believe that ye are.”

“Well, I never!” Kathy huffed as she stood up to square off with Joe.

“Katherine, do as those two detectives have requested. Stop being the debutante that you have never been,” an older voice said as she set her water glass down from a few tables away.

“Mother?”

“Zip it, twinkle tits. The only reason you have your membership in this godforsaken shit show is because of me. Lord knows it’s not because of that asshole you slummed it with or Bob. Young man, what’s going on with my granddaughter?”

“Ma’am?” the four said at the same time.

“Sorry, let me introduce myself, I’m this twat’s mother, Jeannette O’Reiley. I just got back to the states after spending the last several years in Europe. Now that we have that out of the way, what is going on with my granddaughter? Obviously, something has happened to her, or she would be here herself or my grandson would be suffering this one’s wrath.”

“Ah, you’re the one Laura and Dom call grandma Jean.” Diesel smirked at the older woman as she reached out to help her stand.

“That I am, young lady. Nice color in your hair. Looks good on you. Love the photos you have painted on your arm. I’ll come with and make sure my biggest disappointment cooperates with you all.”

“I have her, lass. It’s nice to finally meet ye, Ms. O’Reiley. I am Joe, or ye can call me Highlander like the others do.”

“Son, your mother, lord bless her poor vagina for giving birth to one as big as you are, saw fit to name you Joseph. I will not dismiss your mother’s hard work and call you what others have chosen to call you. Joe it will be unless you piss me off and I call you whatever I see fit in that moment.”

Highlander couldn’t help but chuckle at the spirited woman that he knew his lass loved. While the woman wasn’t in their lives much growing up because of their father, their grandmother did her best with the children as she could from afar. Dom and Laura thought the world of this woman.

“Aye, ma’am. I will do my best to stay in ye good graces. I know Dom will be happy to know ye are home. Cody, Willy, Ryleigh, and Aurora will be glad to finally meet ye as well.”

“Ah, how are my great grandbabies? I bet they are growing like weeds!”

Diesel, Raso, Wolf, and Highlander couldn’t help but notice the bright smile the older woman had asking about the four children Laura had given birth to. That was going to cause another black cloud that has Highlander scorching the earth. Cyrus was a dead man walking for sure.