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  The search only took him a week. She hadn’t been very careful. Maybe she thought he couldn’t find her after he was sent to prison. Or maybe she thought he would give up. But he would never give up on taking back what was his.

  Now that he’d found her, he couldn’t believe his eyes. She was there in the park with a toddler, about two years of age. A toddler with dark curly hair and brown eyes. A toddler that looked nothing like him. And he could count. That baby could not be his.

  So the bitch had spread her legs for another man. And now she had a baby. A boy. She’d let some other man fuck her and now she had a son that should’ve been mine. How dare she.

  He was so angry he couldn’t see straight.

  Chapter Five

  Diesel and the team watched the house for less than an hour though it seemed much longer to him. The minutes had never crawled so slow in his life.

  The house appeared abandoned at first glance. No lights shined in the windows and no sound could be heard.

  Until the boy started crying.

  The sound tore at his heart in a way nothing ever had before.

  That was his son. The first sound he’d ever heard from his son, and it was a sound of distress.

  It almost made him frantic. He had to reach the boy. To save him from whatever was happening to him or what might happen to him.

  He also had to stay calm, focused, set on the goal and the mission. Keep his head clear from emotion in order to do his job. This might be the hardest mission he’d ever been on. Most of the time SEAL’s lived for the next mission, but this was one mission he wished had never happened. His little boy should have been safe at home, playing with his toys, being doted on by his loving family. Not trapped in a previously abandoned house by some lunatic who wouldn’t let his ex wife go.

  His child, who he’d never once held in his arms, needed him. The urge to charge in immediately, to destroy the man who’d abducted the child and the child’s mother, was so strong and made him want to his something.

  He tamped that down, controlled it. Forced it to do his will. He had to do what was best for the boy, for the safety of the boy, for the complete success of this mission. There could ne no mistakes. Failure was unacceptable.

  “You’re too close to this,” Man A said.

  “Don’t even think of telling me to sit this one out,” he said. “That’s not an option.”

  “We won’t fail,” Man B said.

  Man C arrived with heat seeking goggles and handed Diesel a pair. “Let’s do this,” he said.

  THE END

  About the Author

  “Every day we are alive is a beautiful day.” – Debra Parmley

  Debra Parmley is a multi genre author who has been traditionally and Indie Published and now has her own boutique press, Belo Dia Publishing. Belo Dia is “Beautiful Day,” in Portuguese.

  Born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in Springfield, Ohio, she has lived just outside Memphis, Tennessee since 1997. Debra attended Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania and was the first student to win first place in two categories of the Delta Epsilon Sigma Beta Epsilon Chapter writing competition, in create prose and in informal expository. Her poetry was published in literary journals while attending college. She holds a BA in English Literature.

  Debra enjoys spreading love, one story at a time. Fascinated by fairy tales and folktales ever since she was young, she has always ended her stories with a happy ever after. Naturally drawn to romance, she has focused on writing romance in many sub genres. Damsels in distress stories are some of her favorites, and you will find this theme in many of her stories.

  An Air Force veteran’s wife, Debra writes military romance. Veterans hold a special place in her heart.

  Debra has set foot in thirteen countries and her books often include things she has seen and learned on her travels. Her three favorite things are dark chocolate, visiting the beach and ocean, and hearing from her readers. Each card, letter and email is a treasured gift, like finding the perfect shell upon the beach.

  Also By Debra Parmley

  Series and Trilogy:

  Hunger Roads Trilogy:

  A Change of Scenery, book one

  Down a Back Road, book two – 2018 release

  Into the Convergence Zone, book three – 2019 release

  Brotherhood Protectors Kindle World Series:

  Montana Marine (Hero Jack “Gunny” Barr)

  Marine Protector – Oct 2018 release

  Pennsylvania Fighter Pilot: To Catch An Elf – Dec. 2018 release

  American Mail Order Bride series:

  Isabella, Bride of Ohio, book seventeen

  Butterflies Fly Free series:

  Trapping the Butterfly, book one

  Dancing Butterfly, book two

  Exotic Butterfly – 2019 release

  Stand Alone:

  Aboard the Wishing Star

  Check Out

  Dangerous Ties

  A Desperate Journey

  Jenna’s Christmas Wish

  The Twelve Stitches of Christmas

  Vague Directions

  For more of Debra’s books on Amazon visit Debra’s Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Debra-Parmley/e/B002BM9H4A/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1496506066&sr=8-1

  Note from the author:

  Thank you so much for taking a chance on this book!

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