by Susan Stoker
“Oh, and Davisa and her brood are coming to visit next week, don’t forget. It’s spring break and she has the week off.”
“I can’t believe she’s actually taking the week off,” Tom mused. “Usually she uses the time when her students aren’t there to work on her classroom or do something else for the school.”
Donna chuckled. “Looks like being an overachiever runs in the family. She loves those eighth graders. She was meant to be a science teacher.”
“You ready to have all six of them descend on the house? I can still tell them they need to get a hotel,” Tom told her seriously.
“It’s fine. She and Lance will stay in the basement with Destiny and Jayden, since they’re only two. Trinity and Malik will bunk down in May’s room. And before you say it, yes, I know they’ll giggle and talk and not get to bed until late, but May doesn’t get to hang out with her cousins all that much.”
“As long as you’re okay with it, I’m okay with it,” Tom told her.
“I hope you find them,” Donna continued in a soft voice, changing the subject. “I know you’ve been looking for them for a long time.”
She knew all about Fatty, Jango, and Boba. Tom knew what he saw and heard when he was ten. Those cats had stood in front of him and somehow had made the bullets bounce right off their bodies. Every single shot, except for the one that hit the wall right next to him, would’ve torn through his body, and he wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for them.
Tom remembered the conversation he’d had with the cats about how he had choices to make, and how one day he’d make a difference for everyone who lived in the country. They’d been right. If the President had died that fateful day, if he, Tom Powers, hadn’t been there to take the bullet meant for the leader of the United States, there was no telling what would’ve happened. The Vice President was weak, and wasn’t respected by anyone inside or outside the country. If he’d taken power, things might be very different economically, politically, and even in Tom’s own personal life.
“I’ll find them when it’s time,” Tom told his wife confidently. “I gotta go. Kiss the kids for me and I’ll talk to you tonight before I go to sleep.”
“Okay. Love you. I’ll talk to you later.”
“Bye, honey.”
“Bye.”
Tom lifted his head from the seatback and clicked off the phone. He looked across the table in front of him and smiled.
Sitting across from him were three cats. Huge, fat cats. A calico, a gray cat with a white tummy, and a white one with gray splotches. They looked exactly as they did they last time he’d seen them when he was ten.
“We meet again,” Tom said with a smile, leaning his elbows on the table.
“Wanna blow this shithole of a diner and have a real meal?” Jango asked with a smirk.
“Only if it includes Roger the rabbit, Simon the skunk, Zelda the witch, her mate Mac, and Jeeves the kangaroo,” Tom retorted.
“I think that can be arranged,” Boba told him with a nod.
“Zelda made salmon cake…for old time’s sake, of course,” Fatty said, licking his chops.
“Took ya long enough to get here,” Boba noted as they walked out of the diner into the chilly fall air. “We were beginning to think you thought you were too good for us…saving the President and all.”
“Not a chance. Assjacket isn’t an easy place to find. I wanted to give you jerks something to look forward to. Besides, I’m sure you were busy enough with your balls. You didn’t miss me at all.”
The three cats laughed as they walked down the street.
“That’s true. You humans only wish you could lick yourselves. It’s quite pleasurable,” Fatty told him in a superior tone.
“Damn, it’s good to see you guys again. I’m sorry Brinique and Davisa aren’t here.”
“Their time will come. No worries,” Jango told Tom. “Now…tell us about May and Chris. We want to know everything.”
Not surprised the cats knew all about him and his family, Tom smiled as he followed the cats into a thick mist at the end of the street. He wasn’t afraid. Not in the least. The cats had saved his life when he was ten. He trusted them with everything he had.
He couldn’t wait to tell May more fairytales about a town called Assjacket, and the magical creatures that inhabited it.
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Also by Susan Stoker
SEAL of Protection Series
Protecting Caroline
Protecting Alabama
Protecting Fiona
Marrying Caroline (novella)
Protecting Summer
Protecting Cheyenne
Protecting Jessyka
Protecting Julie (novella)
Protecting Melody
Protecting the Future
Protecting Alabama’s Kids (novella)
Delta Force Heroes Series
Rescuing Rayne
Assisting Aimee - Loosely related to DF
Rescuing Emily
Rescuing Harley (Nov 2016)
Marrying Emily (Feb 2017)
Rescuing Kassie (May 2017)
Rescuing Bryn (Nov 2017)
Rescuing Casey (TBA)
Rescuing Wendy (TBA)
Rescuing Mary (TBA)
Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Series
Justice for Mackenzie
Justice for Mickie
Justice for Corrie
Justice for Laine (novella)
Shelter for Elizabeth
Justice for Boone
Shelter for Adeline (Jan 2017)
Shelter for Sophie (Aug 2017)
Justice for Erin (Oct 2017)
Justice for Milena (TBA)
Shelter for Blythe (TBA)
Justice for Hope (TBA)
Shelter for Quinn (TBA)
Shelter for Koren (TBA)
Shelter for Penelope (TBA)
Ace Security Series
Claiming Grace (Mar 2017)
Claiming Alexis (July 2017)
Claiming Bailey (TBA)
Stand Alone
The Guardian Mist
Special Operations Fan Fiction
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Beyond Reality Series
Outback Hearts
Flaming Hearts
Frozen Hearts
Writing as Annie George:
Stepbrother Virgin (erotic novella)
About the Author
New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Susan Stoker has a heart as big as the state of Texas where she lives, but this all American girl has also spent the last fourteen years living in Missouri, California, Colorado, and Indiana. She’s married to a retired Army man who now gets to follow her around the country.
She debuted her first series in 2014 and quickly followed that up with the SEAL of Protection Series, which solidified her love of writing and creating stories readers can get lost in.
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