CHAPTER 9
Sab drove up to HQ with Elaina and Sarah. "Sab, why are we here?" Elaina asked, getting out.
"We've changed the plans the party is in here," Sab told her.
"You've got to be kidding, this place? Why?" Elaina got Sarah from the car seat.
"It's the safest place to hold it, don't you think? It's for our own protection." Sab cringed after saying it knowing what was going to happen next.
"Our own protection? Someone is keeping something from me again. What is it this time?" Elaina asked.
"Frank thinks that Maria maybe after you and me. It was my horse that had the cinch strap cut."
"So why does he think she was after me?"
"I can't tell you that." Sab opened the door for Elaina.
"Can't or won't Sabrina?" Elaina stopped in the doorway waiting for an answer.
"I was ordered not to." Sab squeezed by her.
"I better know by the end of this party or someone is going to get their ass kicked, even if it's yours." Elaina let Sarah down and she walked in with Sab. "I don't like being kept in the dark. If I'm being threatened I want to know," she said as they walked up to her Mom.
"I'll tell him but it's not like he'll listen to me," Sab told her walking over to the Operations Board.
"He'll listen to me that's for sure." Elaina saw a stern look come from her Mom.
"Darling, what are you ranting about now?" Liz asked.
"Nothing Mom. Frank is just being over protective again and it drives me crazy," Elaina answered getting a drink.
"He just wants to keep you safe that's all." Liz hugged Elaina.
"I'm not afraid of Maria, if she were to show up, I'd take care of her."
"Elaina Wynn! I don't like that tone in your voice. Maria is in need of medical help. I won't have her hurt unnecessarily."
"I find it very necessary when she hurts Derek. That was uncalled for." Elaina was getting angry.
"She didn't know she was going to hurt Derek," Liz reasoned.
Elaina started to laugh. "Mom, it doesn't matter one bit who she thought, she was going to hurt, it happened to Derek, your grandson."
"She's had a lot to deal with in her life, you know that."
"Deal with. She never dealt with anything her whole life. That's why she's so screwed up now. She caused most of what she suffered through to begin with."
"She came to therapy one time and that was it," Allison spoke up. "When she realized I was a friend of Sabrina and Elaina's, she bolted out and never returned," Allison told Liz.
"Let's just drop the subject, enjoy the party, shall we, ladies," Bea suggested, having heard how annoyed Elaina was with the topic.
Sarah tugged at her Mom's jacket. Elaina picked her up. "Why don't you visit with Grandma?"
"Come here little one." Liz took Sarah from Elaina. "She's so adorable. I wish we could visit more often."
"Visit anytime you want you know that," Elaina told her.
"Your father hates to travel anymore. Especially since your crash," Liz stated.
"I was in it and I still fly. As long as Reese isn't the pilot or being hunted. I figure I'm safe enough." Elaina said, she walked over to sit with Alex and Monica. "Hi girls. I wish my sister would show up and fast."
"Miranda's here, she's hiding from your Mom," Monica said.
"Where is she?"
"In the gym with Paula and Dee," Alex told her.
"She's not getting off that easy." Elaina got up and went to the gym area.
"I love babies, especially when they are new bourns." Paula said, holding Benny.
"I didn't think I'd be a very good Mom. I took some parenting classes and talked to my mom. I think I'm doing pretty well. I haven't forgotten him anywhere," Miranda said with a giggle.
"That's a plus," Elaina said, coming in and sitting with Miranda. "I thought this was a no boys allowed party?"
"This is the one exception." Dee said, trying to get the baby to play with a rattle.
"Miranda, dear. If you want me to stay your loving sister for more than the past week you've been here, get your ass out here with me and face Mom." Elaina put her arm around her sister's shoulder and pulled her into the main area.
******
"Sab what are you doing?" Bea asked, walking over to the operations board.
"I placed a bug on Cody. I'm trying to find out what they're up to." She had a headset on listening.
"Did I hear you right you bugged Cody?" Elaina asked, coming back in the room.
"Yeah! I wanted to make sure they didn't do anything bad," Sab commented.
"If they do anything that is over a R rating I'm going to hurt that boy severely." Elaina put on a headset, too, to listen as she sat down with Sab. "By the way. Turn the monitor on." Elaina typed commands into the computer. "You're not the only nosy one here."
"You put a camera on Frank?" Sab was impressed.
"It's actually in the pin on his lapel. It's a horseshoe over the Double D brand. I gave it to him as a present a few days ago and I got him to wear it tonight."
"You're good, ladies," Bea complimented them.
"We're good but the damn thing isn't working, because he's covered the pin somehow," Elaina said a bit angry.
"I hear Frank, Reese, Cody and Hank talking mostly about the ranch and flight school," Sab said, listening.
*******
'They'll kill us if they find out what we're doing.' Cody signed, watching the monitors in the van.
'They won't care when they find out what we have in mind.' Frank signed back to him.
Sab drove up to HQ with Elaina and Sarah. "Sab, why are we here?" Elaina asked, getting out.
"We've changed the plans the party is in here," Sab told her.
"You've got to be kidding, this place? Why?" Elaina got Sarah from the car seat.
"It's the safest place to hold it, don't you think? It's for our own protection." Sab cringed after saying it knowing what was going to happen next.
"Our own protection? Someone is keeping something from me again. What is it this time?" Elaina asked.
"Frank thinks that Maria maybe after you and me. It was my horse that had the cinch strap cut."
"So why does he think she was after me?"
"I can't tell you that." Sab opened the door for Elaina.
"Can't or won't Sabrina?" Elaina stopped in the doorway waiting for an answer.
"I was ordered not to." Sab squeezed by her.
"I better know by the end of this party or someone is going to get their ass kicked, even if it's yours." Elaina let Sarah down and she walked in with Sab. "I don't like being kept in the dark. If I'm being threatened I want to know," she said as they walked up to her Mom.
"I'll tell him but it's not like he'll listen to me," Sab told her walking over to the Operations Board.
"He'll listen to me that's for sure." Elaina saw a stern look come from her Mom.
"Darling, what are you ranting about now?" Liz asked.
"Nothing Mom. Frank is just being over protective again and it drives me crazy," Elaina answered getting a drink.
"He just wants to keep you safe that's all." Liz hugged Elaina.
"I'm not afraid of Maria, if she were to show up, I'd take care of her."
"Elaina Wynn! I don't like that tone in your voice. Maria is in need of medical help. I won't have her hurt unnecessarily."
"I find it very necessary when she hurts Derek. That was uncalled for." Elaina was getting angry.
"She didn't know she was going to hurt Derek," Liz reasoned.
Elaina started to laugh. "Mom, it doesn't matter one bit who she thought, she was going to hurt, it happened to Derek, your grandson."
"She's had a lot to deal with in her life, you know that."
"Deal with. She never dealt with anything her whole life. That's why she's so screwed up now. She caused most of what she suffered through to begin with."
"She came to therapy one time and that was it," Allison spoke up. "When she realized I was a friend of Sabrina and Elaina's, she bolted out and never returned," Allison told Liz.
"Let's just drop the subject, enjoy the party, shall we, ladies," Bea suggested, having heard how annoyed Elaina was with the topic.
Sarah tugged at her Mom's jacket. Elaina picked her up. "Why don't you visit with Grandma?"
"Come here little one." Liz took Sarah from Elaina. "She's so adorable. I wish we could visit more often."
"Visit anytime you want you know that," Elaina told her.
"Your father hates to travel anymore. Especially since your crash," Liz stated.
"I was in it and I still fly. As long as Reese isn't the pilot or being hunted. I figure I'm safe enough." Elaina said, she walked over to sit with Alex and Monica. "Hi girls. I wish my sister would show up and fast."
"Miranda's here, she's hiding from your Mom," Monica said.
"Where is she?"
"In the gym with Paula and Dee," Alex told her.
"She's not getting off that easy." Elaina got up and went to the gym area.
"I love babies, especially when they are new bourns." Paula said, holding Benny.
"I didn't think I'd be a very good Mom. I took some parenting classes and talked to my mom. I think I'm doing pretty well. I haven't forgotten him anywhere," Miranda said with a giggle.
"That's a plus," Elaina said, coming in and sitting with Miranda. "I thought this was a no boys allowed party?"
"This is the one exception." Dee said, trying to get the baby to play with a rattle.
"Miranda, dear. If you want me to stay your loving sister for more than the past week you've been here, get your ass out here with me and face Mom." Elaina put her arm around her sister's shoulder and pulled her into the main area.
******
"Sab what are you doing?" Bea asked, walking over to the operations board.
"I placed a bug on Cody. I'm trying to find out what they're up to." She had a headset on listening.
"Did I hear you right you bugged Cody?" Elaina asked, coming back in the room.
"Yeah! I wanted to make sure they didn't do anything bad," Sab commented.
"If they do anything that is over a R rating I'm going to hurt that boy severely." Elaina put on a headset, too, to listen as she sat down with Sab. "By the way. Turn the monitor on." Elaina typed commands into the computer. "You're not the only nosy one here."
"You put a camera on Frank?" Sab was impressed.
"It's actually in the pin on his lapel. It's a horseshoe over the Double D brand. I gave it to him as a present a few days ago and I got him to wear it tonight."
"You're good, ladies," Bea complimented them.
"We're good but the damn thing isn't working, because he's covered the pin somehow," Elaina said a bit angry.
"I hear Frank, Reese, Cody and Hank talking mostly about the ranch and flight school," Sab said, listening.
*******
'They'll kill us if they find out what we're doing.' Cody signed, watching the monitors in the van.
'They won't care when they find out what we have in mind.' Frank signed back to him.
