Page 54 of Her Devoted HERO

Damn, she really liked the man. Kenna smiled. Time to take him off the hook.

“I trust you just fine. Dex speaks highly of you. Personally, I think the joke was pretty funny...in retrospect. Dex was really nice about it, the way he replied to each woman.”

She saw Clint fight back a grin. Yep. It was almost like dealing with her son and his friends. Suddenly his demeanor changed.

“Dex tells me that you’ve promised you won’t be taking any unnecessary chances while he’s away.”

“Huh?” She looked between the two men. “What are you talking about?”

“Kenna, you promised you would be walking to and from your car with someone.”

“That was when we thought it was the murderer...” her voice trailed off as both men shook their heads at her.

“No. You have a stalker. At all times, you are on alert. That means when it is dark, you do not walk to your car by yourself, are we clear?” Dex was deadly serious. Who was this man, and what had happened to the easy-going guy she was used to?

“Isn’t this overkill?”

Both men stared at her, there was no give in either face. “Fine.” She sighed. “I promise.”

“The minute you are contacted by this whackjob, you contact Clint first, then the police. Hand Clint your cell phone, okay?”

“Why?”

“He’s going to look at a couple of things that will allow him to track the caller the next time they call.”

“What’s your password?” Clint asked her when she handed him her phone.

She hesitated.

Dex looked at her. “Honey, normally it would be me doing all of this, I just don’t have time. I have to check in at noon. Clint could do everything he plans to do without your knowledge and without your password, but we’re trying to be upfront with you.”

“What all are you planning to do?” she asked them.

“He’s going to monitor your calls from unidentified callers,” Dex explained.

Clint looked up. “Kenna, if he calls, try to keep him on the line so that I can pinpoint his location, okay?”

“Just like on TV. Okay.”

“Also, Clint is inserting a tracking device so we can find you.”

“Oh, I have that on Austin’s phone,” Kenna smiled.

“We’ll have you set up with the rest of the women of Midnight Delta,” Clint said.

“Midnight Delta?” Kenna asked.

“That’s Clint’s SEAL team. Mine is Black Dawn,” Dex explained. “Obviously, Black Dawn is the better team.”

Clint coughed as he took a sip of coffee. It sounded a lot like he said the word ‘bullshit.’ She grinned at the two man/boys.

“Why are you putting tracking on my phone?” she asked.

“For my piece of mind,” Dex said.

“Yep, that sounds like why I arranged it with Austin. But seriously, it makes sense between Austin and me, but not for you and me.”

Dex pushed up from the booth. “Kenna, can you come take a walk with me?”