Chapter 19: KAT

"So he said no again?" I sat at the kitchen table with my mother, mother in law and Char. They'd come as soon as I told them what Colt the dolt had done...again. It's not that I don't know he's dealing with horrible stuff. Between Cierra, the wives of the SEALs and the women on Law's ranch, I've been learning plenty, more than I would've before meeting them.

But I don't see what any of that has to do with my kid.

"Yep! No explanation, just no."

"What about the prom? She was so excited."

I shook my head at mom as I drummed my fingers on the table. Tonight, when me, and the girls have our nightly convo I'm going to have to push hard for them to come up with some ideas on how to get my girl what she wants.

It's not like she's asking to run away to the jungle or some crap. The child just wants to go to school, something all parents everywhere in the world would be proud of, except Colt the dolt.

"That's it, we're not having a repeat of last year. I let