Jax: A Navy SEAL Romantic Suspense Read Online Free Page B

sure?”
     
    “Well, the house has a state of the art security system.  A system beyond what any civilian can get.  Plus if someone figures out how to get past that, then they have two Navy SEALs to deal with.”
     
    “And one angry momma bear.”
     
    “And one angry momma bear,” I repeated.
     
    “Guys, thank you for your help.  This is all happening so fast I’m having a hard time processing it.  I appreciate all your help, but it just seems so fast.  Now suddenly Jerry and I are going to live here?”
     
    “For the time being.  I need to ask you some more questions and do some research right away, but for now this is definitely the safest option.”
     
    “OK.  Did you get my memento box?”
     
    “I did.”  I went to the kitchen table and retrieved her duffle bag.  I had set it there when I entered.  “Here’s your box.  I grabbed some clothes for you and Jerry.  We can get some more if need be.  I grabbed pretty quick.”
     
    Kate opened the duffle bag and dug for the memento box.  When she found it I could see she ran her hand over the top.  She didn’t remove it from the duffle bag though.  From the way she spoke of it earlier and her actions now I could tell it was something very important to her.  It may hold some clues.  She seemed secretive about it.  I’m good at minding my own business, but now I really wanted to know what was inside.
     
    “Thank you.  What kind of questions did you want to ask?”
     
    I walked over and sat down on the couch next to Kate.
     
    “I’ll go check on the kids,” Cole said as he headed upstairs.
     
    “Kate, first of all I’m glad you chose to tell someone about this.  I know you went to the police first, and they weren’t so helpful, but don’t worry.  We’re going to get this figured out and put to an end.  You can count on that.
     
    “Thank you.”
     
    “You’re welcome.  I have to ask.  What was your relationship with your ex-husband like?”
     
    “Well, as I mentioned at Frosty’s it started out great.  I had the fairy tale that every girl hopes for, or at least that’s what I thought. He was tall, strong, and masculine, but also calm, caring, and attentive.  Not something you find in many men these days.  Suddenly he changed.  It was like it happened overnight.  I asked him what was wrong, but he wouldn’t tell me.  I know something was bothering him.  I tried, and tried, and tried to get it out of him, but he wouldn’t open up about it.  Every day became a struggle.  He quickly turned to drinking.  I’m not sure if it helped deal with my questioning or the problems that he wasn’t telling me about.  Either way it made a terrible situation even worse.  It escalated really fast.”
     
    “Was he violent towards you?”
     
    “No.  Looking back, that’s the strange thing.  He never hit me.  Never pushed me.  Never put his hands on me.  Sometimes I would literally beg him to tell me what’s wrong.  I’d be hanging on to his shirt.  Trying to hold him in place so he’d talk to me.  I even ripped a few of his shirts in the struggles we had, but he never laid a hand on me or Jerry.  One day I told him I couldn’t take it anymore and was going to leave.  He didn’t even turn to look at me when I spoke those words.  That’s when I knew it was over.  Foolishly I tried for another few weeks, but nothing changed.  I couldn’t get it to work.  One evening, when he was passed out drunk, I got Jerry and we left.  That was that.  I never spoke with him again.”
     
    “No communication at all?”
     
    “None.”
     
    “And now you believe he might be back?”
     
    “I do.  Who else would it be?  Revenge is a strong human emotion.  I think he wants some revenge for me taking Jerry from him.”
     
    “What was his relationship with Jerry like?”
     
    “Amazing.  He loved our son.  More than me actually.”
     
    “Did he file any paperwork to get some sort of