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glanced over the railing at the pile of bodies below. He turned and eyed his sons.
“ You two sound like you’re having too much fun out here, ready to come in for some lunch?”
“ You don’t have to ask us twice,” Sean replied as he eased his lanky frame out of the chair he’d been sitting in. He put the binoculars down on a table next to the gun cabinet. “What are we having?”
“ Your favorite, chicken and noodles,” Mick replied as he headed back toward the door.
“ Don’t have to tell us twice,” Scott said as he carefully placed the rifle into the gun cabinet, then closed and locked it. Rising up he asked, “How are the kids doing?”
Mick hesitated for a moment before stepping through the doorway and smiled. The night before it had been difficult for the children to go to sleep with all the shooting, but none of them had woken during the night, and they were being kept busy now that they were up and about. “They’re doing a lot better. Today they don’t even seem to notice the shooting, and now that all the noise those things were making has pretty much stopped, they’re a lot calmer.”
“ That’s a relief,” Scott responded as they all went inside. “I’m planning on taking Sarah and the girls up to the roof after lunch to spend some time with them and take their minds off all this for at least a little while.”
As they walked away to clean up, Mick watched them with a thoughtful expression on his face. Being identical twins, they were both tall, almost six foot, and so slim they could almost be called skinny, but despite that, Mick knew they were very strong. They kept their brown hair cut short military style (or high and tight as they called it) and both had hazel eyes that often flashed with humor, and they always had big smiles for everyone. They were twenty six years old, but he still thought of them as boys, his boys, and he was worried about them. They didn’t seem to be afraid of anything, perhaps it was because they were still young enough to think they were invincible. Even when they went to Iraq, they hadn’t been a bit worried about coming back home in one piece, which is exactly what they did. Hell, Mick thought with a shake of his head, he and Cindy had worried enough for them a thousand times over.
Thinking of his sons caused Mick’s thoughts to turn to Brooke. A lot like her brothers, she was a free spirit and could be a handful at times. At 17, she had beautiful big brown eyes and thick blond hair that flowed past her shoulders, and to Mick she was still his innocent baby that he needed to protect from all harm. Since arriving at Hudson Place, she had been texting and calling her friends almost nonstop. He was worried that she might try something rash if she wasn’t able to reach her friends, there were already several she was no longer receiving replies from.
“ Penny for your thoughts,” said a voice behind him. Mick shook himself from his reverie, turned around and grinned at his wife. “Just worrying about everything as usual,” he admitted as she put her arms around his neck and smiled at him.
“ You were a million miles away, time to come back to reality, at least for now.”
“ You got it,” he said as he put his hands on her waist and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. “C’mon, let’s get some lunch before the boys eat it all.”
Cindy laughed as they walked hand in hand across the large room. “Think we’re too late,” she chuckled as she nodded her head toward Sean and Scott jostling each other to be the first one to get their meal.
Mick grinned and replied, “Some things never change, do they?”
“ Nope,” Cindy affirmed. “Some things never do.”
****
On their third day at Hudson Place, Mick and Dave sat on the couch vainly trying one TV station after the other. Dave had noticed the night before that stations were slowly going off the
“ You two sound like you’re having too much fun out here, ready to come in for some lunch?”
“ You don’t have to ask us twice,” Sean replied as he eased his lanky frame out of the chair he’d been sitting in. He put the binoculars down on a table next to the gun cabinet. “What are we having?”
“ Your favorite, chicken and noodles,” Mick replied as he headed back toward the door.
“ Don’t have to tell us twice,” Scott said as he carefully placed the rifle into the gun cabinet, then closed and locked it. Rising up he asked, “How are the kids doing?”
Mick hesitated for a moment before stepping through the doorway and smiled. The night before it had been difficult for the children to go to sleep with all the shooting, but none of them had woken during the night, and they were being kept busy now that they were up and about. “They’re doing a lot better. Today they don’t even seem to notice the shooting, and now that all the noise those things were making has pretty much stopped, they’re a lot calmer.”
“ That’s a relief,” Scott responded as they all went inside. “I’m planning on taking Sarah and the girls up to the roof after lunch to spend some time with them and take their minds off all this for at least a little while.”
As they walked away to clean up, Mick watched them with a thoughtful expression on his face. Being identical twins, they were both tall, almost six foot, and so slim they could almost be called skinny, but despite that, Mick knew they were very strong. They kept their brown hair cut short military style (or high and tight as they called it) and both had hazel eyes that often flashed with humor, and they always had big smiles for everyone. They were twenty six years old, but he still thought of them as boys, his boys, and he was worried about them. They didn’t seem to be afraid of anything, perhaps it was because they were still young enough to think they were invincible. Even when they went to Iraq, they hadn’t been a bit worried about coming back home in one piece, which is exactly what they did. Hell, Mick thought with a shake of his head, he and Cindy had worried enough for them a thousand times over.
Thinking of his sons caused Mick’s thoughts to turn to Brooke. A lot like her brothers, she was a free spirit and could be a handful at times. At 17, she had beautiful big brown eyes and thick blond hair that flowed past her shoulders, and to Mick she was still his innocent baby that he needed to protect from all harm. Since arriving at Hudson Place, she had been texting and calling her friends almost nonstop. He was worried that she might try something rash if she wasn’t able to reach her friends, there were already several she was no longer receiving replies from.
“ Penny for your thoughts,” said a voice behind him. Mick shook himself from his reverie, turned around and grinned at his wife. “Just worrying about everything as usual,” he admitted as she put her arms around his neck and smiled at him.
“ You were a million miles away, time to come back to reality, at least for now.”
“ You got it,” he said as he put his hands on her waist and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. “C’mon, let’s get some lunch before the boys eat it all.”
Cindy laughed as they walked hand in hand across the large room. “Think we’re too late,” she chuckled as she nodded her head toward Sean and Scott jostling each other to be the first one to get their meal.
Mick grinned and replied, “Some things never change, do they?”
“ Nope,” Cindy affirmed. “Some things never do.”
****
On their third day at Hudson Place, Mick and Dave sat on the couch vainly trying one TV station after the other. Dave had noticed the night before that stations were slowly going off the
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