Free A Blued Steel Wolfe by Michael Erickston

make me happy, Justinian Wolfe?” she asked with an impish smile.
    “I’ll make you as happy as I possibly can, Camille Jenkins,” he replied truthfully.
    “You’d better, baby,” she whispered and leaned across the table. He leaned forward with her, and they shared a sweet and tender kiss.
    That night, they drove over to Joshua and Shawnda’s new house. Cammie’s parents bought the home in L.A. to be closer to their daughters and their grandchild. They’d sold their house in New York and used that money as a down payment on the new abode. They were always happy to watch Nate now, since they didn’t have to work anymore. Both of them were retired and collecting pensions from their former professions. It saved Cammie in daycare fees as well, since she didn’t have to pay them to watch their grandson.
    The doting grandparents opened their door to them as soon as they rang the bell. Joshua, in sharp contrast to how he’d handled Royce when he learned that Tam was dating a white man, shook Justin’s hand warmly.
    “Hello, Joshua,” Justin said with a smile. “It’s good to see you again, sir.”
    “Don’t you ‘sir’ me, Captain Wolfe. I worked for a living,” Joshua replied with a laugh. He referred to his time in the Army during and after Vietnam. He attained the rank of Command Sergeant Major before retiring with full honors in 1988.
    “Touché, Sergeant Major,” Joshua said with a chuckle. “Cammie told me about your service. She’s proud to be your daughter.”
    “Oh, stop sucking up to my Papa, Justin,” Cammie said, slapping him on the shoulder. The twinkle in her eye belied the seeming harshness of her words, though.
    “Yes, dear,” Justin replied with a grin, sharing a loving look with Cammie.
    “Ok, I know why you’re here, but we hate to see him go,” Shawnda said, her smile somewhat sad.
    “Sorry, Mom,” Cammie shrugged. “I need Nate at home tonight, since Justin has to go back to his place. We have to work in the morning. I’ll drop him off on the way, though.”
    “Ok, honey. Come on and get your baby. We’ll see him tomorrow anyway,” Shawnda said with a smile. Then she led Cammie away to find her child where he was watching Frozen in the TV room.
    As soon as the ladies left the room, Joshua turned to his guest. “Justin, I know you’re a good man by all accounts. Hell, you’re a fellow Ranger. I also say this with all due respect, sir . If you hurt my daughter in any way, they’ll never find your body. I don’t care who your daddy is, either. Ya feel me, son?”
    “Yes, Sergeant Major,” Justin replied with a professional nod. He expected nothing less from a protective father.
    “Good,” Joshua replied. “Now that we understand each other, do you want a beer?”
     
    Chapter 3
    An Old Enemy – A New Threat
     
    The man watched the Wolfe Mansion from the street. He sat in his Maserati sports car, staring through the binoculars at the house of Anthony Wolfe. When Mr. Wolfe exited his estate with several of his security team in tow, the man smiled. He put down the binoculars and brought up a digital camera with a large zoom lens on it. He started snapping pictures of Mr. Wolfe and his lovely wife.
    “I knew it had to be you, Antonio,” he whispered hoarsely as he lowered the camera. “After all these years, I knew you were still alive. I knew that the rumors of your death were wrong. Don’t worry, though. A reckoning is coming ‘Anthony Wolfe’, and you will die. You will die after you watch me take everything away from you. You will die after I make you watch me kill everyone that you hold dear… you bastard.”
    He fished his cellphone out of his jacket pocket and dialed a number.
    “Da?”
    “I’ve found him, Ivan. Anthony Wolfe is Antonio Lupo. We’ll have our revenge soon.”
    “That is good news! We will meet you at the airport this afternoon. We’ll be on the next flight out to Los Angeles. Do you have the weapons?”
    “Everything is ready, but