The Omega Team: Ethan's Promise (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Men of Mercy Book 7) Read Online Free PDF Page A

I kind of volunteered her.”
                  “And this would have nothing to do with the fact you can't stay away from her?”
                  “Didn't say that.” Aaron took another bite. “It's all part of the master plan. Got it stored up here.” He tapped his head and nodded.
                  “My grandson is finally deciding to settle down? I don't believe it,” Noni said.
    “I am nowhere near settling. This is just a girl I kind of like.”
                  Ethan crossed his arms over his chest and smiled. “Tell the truth, you really like her or you wouldn't hang around her so much on your off time.”
                  Noni clapped and came over to squeeze her grandson's shoulders. “It's about time. When will she be here? What does she like to eat? I'll make her something special.”
                  Aaron glared across the table and Ethan's grin grew. “Celine's gonna be so excited to meet your grandma.”
                  “Well? What's her favorite food?”
                  “I don't know, Noni.”
                  “How can you not know your girlfriend's favorite food? I'm disappointed.” Noni wiped her hands on her apron. “I taught you better than that.”
                  “She's coming for the mission more than for me, Noni.”
                  Ethan snorted. “I doubt that. The girl stares at you every time you're in the same room. It’s kind of sickening, to be honest.”
                  “I knew it! I'm making my fudge.” Noni yanked the half-eaten bowl of soup from Aaron. “Out of the kitchen, now, I need space.”
                  Noni executed an about face and started gathering supplies from various cabinets. The whole kitchen was a picture perfect image of what Ethan imagined a real family home looked like. Painted cabinets, various ceramic roosters and chickens along the countertops and decorating the windowsill over the sink and a refrigerator covered top to bottom in pictures.
                  “We better get out of her way. Go grab your bag and I'll show you your room.”
                  “Woah, I didn’t say I was staying. I’ll find somewhere, give you more room for everyone else.” Ethan rose from the table. He’d find a hotel somewhere.
                  “Nope. I wasn’t joking earlier, there is nowhere else. The closest hotel is over an hour away, plus Kate’s coming here. I’ve already got your training area set up out back.”
                  Ethan glanced through the window into the back yard and the large blue mat spread out on the ground. Shit. He didn’t want to be here. Bad enough he was on this babysitting mission in the first place while TF-S was gearing up to go after Mr. J. Now he’d be forced to stay around all this…family stuff.
                  “Fine. Show me my room.” He turned back to Noni, “Thank you, ma'am, for the soup.”
                  Noni pursed her lips, adding even more wrinkles to her weathered face. “You’re welcome.”
                  Ethan went to the living room and stopped in the middle to turn a slow circle. Every spare inch of wall space and table top was blanketed in family photos. “When you told me you have a big family, I had no idea.”
                  Aaron walked over to a cluster on the wall above a small antique side table and scratched his beard. “Yeah, four sisters, three brothers, about forty cousins. I think, unless Uncle Vince has found another younger newer wife, that could be off by a few.”
                  The number sent Ethan's mind whirling, surrounded by a foreign vortex of love and happiness. He'd grown up on the streets, never knowing his own parents. He'd fought for himself since youth, picking up odd jobs where he could, learning how to