Chapter 24
Chapter 24
“I don’t know if i can stomach that,” admit. “I’m just a girl. A bomen I was raised to value de 1 don’t voowdin bewhat he cd How was going t stand in front of a werewolf menster fan and stop him? I’ve never billed anyone?
“He doesn’t need you to bill for him, Phoebe. He has eddiers in ebundence. Any of our men wredd lay down their livestorm for you t** beautiful little cuties,” the wipes her fare. “He just needs a reason to evid Something that has father heeft tend with
“You are just a girl,” the caresses my cheek. “So, utterly human and beautiful inngrant and good things the posts light in the void that man shoved him into. It’s a lot to ask. I know, but you’re my baby’s last hope. You could’thaw com
“It doesn’t feel like that,”
“Oh, it is,” she lets out a sigh of relief “Because this time next year. My son wouldn’t be here more. His wild was feq, and he was yra grote happen I’ve lost two of my kids and I don’t know if i could handle going through that win
I take a page out of her book and I wrap my arms around her. Just the thought of wither of my kids getting hurt is enough to drive me crazy 1 Soltan want to consider what she’s been through, Werewolves are fucking insane, haven’t even sen one and i’m arzony tube, by his ging es into what they are, man. I couldn’t even get a one night stand with a rockstar right! My dad is right. I’m a stupid fucking bitch.
“I’m sorry,” she apologizes when she pulls away. “You’re so easy to talk to,”
“I get that a lot,” laugh nervously. “Thank you for sharing that with me. I think needed to hear it. Kenge does’t seen like the kind of person who wo open up for me. Not anytime soon, anyway. Up until recently, I thought he was just a hot mess with a pretty voice and a sway with words,
“You’re not wrong” she laughs fixing herself up in the mirror. “He’s come a long way 1 think.” she takes a deep breath. “I think he came home to say goodbye, I couldn’t bring myself to answer his calls because I knew. And then he sent me the pictire of Fizen and for a moment thought it was keen. He looks just like him in the Summer when the venues have terrible shade coverage”
“know” I agree. “Both of them,” I take my phone out and show the picture I snapped of them last night, “it’s like carrying them inside of me for nine
months meant nothing”
“You have to send me this,” she coos. “Oh, my goodness,” she hugs me again. “You’re right. What has she telling him?”
“It was the first time she ever called him Daddy”
“Ah,” she places her hand on her chest,
“I want to have it framed for my office,”
“What is that drawing that says puppy on it?” she asks.
“They ganged upon me to ask for a puppy. Nven called it a proposition”
“No,” she laughs, 1 scroll through the pictures to show her more. “Oh, they cornered you,
“Yeah, they did,” Haugh
“Look at all these pictures. I want to see them all,” she sighs. “Vanessa and her grandaughter can suck it,”
“Is Vanessa a member of your pack?”
“She’s my partner at the law firm and our former beta,” she shakes her head. “And all she talks about is her granddaughter. That’s all she talks about. Ayrie is way cuter,”
I don’t know what this feeling is. This is the first time I share the twins like this with someone who is as equally enthusiastic as I am. She is eating up
every bit of information 1 am giving her and taking in all the pictures. This is how the kids find us. Sitting in the closet swooning over their pictures. Aizen sits on her lap and Ayne sits on mine and we all laugh at the stories behind the pictures.
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Knightly isn’t back the next morning and the phone starts going off as early as six a.m. By the time the twins require my attention, I am knee–deep in work already. Cevin is covering at the office while I try to get what can be handled over the phone out of the way.
“Good morning,” Maria appears and sees my mess.
“Grandma,” the twins shout and run to her.
“You’re busy,”
“No, I’ve just been getting the easier stuff at the office out of the way,” I shut my laptop.
“Do you always look this glamorous?” she looks me over.
“This is casual,” I laugh. I’m not even wearing makeup. She’s really good at trying to get her son what he wants. Because that made my morning a little brighter.
“If you like, I can take the kids off your hands for a few hours. I would like to take them shopping,”
“Yes,” Ayrie jumps up and down.
“Is that safe?”
“Yes, I might look cute and cuddly but I was born and raised a fighter and we will have guards. Tessa will come with us,”
“I don’t-”
“You would probably be able to go into the office. Get some extra work done. And you’ll be doing me a favor,”
“That’s not how this works,” I laugh.
“The look on Vanessa’s face when she sees my two grand babies begs to differ,” she says twirling one of Ayrie’s pigtails in her finger.
“-” it’s too soon for me. It was different yesterday. I was only gone a couple of hours.
“Mom?” we all turn our attention to the door to see Knightly standing there.
“Daddy!” Ayrie screams and runs to him. He laughs and crouches to catch her when she jumps into his arms. She got comfortable with him so fast.
“Hi, pretty girl,” he holds her to him. When he looks up at Aizen, my son just waves at him awkwardly.
“Where were you, D.A.D. I misses you,” she pokes his cheek.
“I had to work some things out. I missed you too,” he looks back at Aizen. “Both of you. What’s going on?”
“Phoebe was about to try and talk me out of taking the kids off her hands so she can get some work done,” Maria doesn’t hold back.
Did you feel that back there? That small bump, that was me under the bus wheels. So much for hyping me up, Maria.
“I can’t,” I say pulling Aizen to me.
“They’ll be safe with my mom,” he says standing with Ayrie in his arms.
“That’s not the problem. I’m sure she can, but after what happened with their nanny. I’m not ready to let them out of my sight for so long.”
“Oh,” she says rubbing my arm. “Then we won’t go anywhere. I’m sure we can find something to do here, right?”
“No shopping?” Ayrie asks disappointedly,
“Not today, baby,” I shake my head.
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“I’m hungry,” Aizen says looking up at me.
“Breakfast,” Maria tries to lessen the tension. “Then we figure out what to do,”
