Chapter 38

sking up. “I just wanted to say hi.“

Aunt Linda,” Alex replied without looking up.

Nora’s chest tightened, but she said nothing. She didn’t stop him.

The car ride continued in silence, save for the fam tapping of Mex’s hugers on his phone,

Nora kept her eyes on the road, though her mind was elsewhere.

She told herself it didn’t matter, that Linda’s presence in Alex’s life didn’t diminish her role as his mother.

But the lingering ache told a different story.

The message from Linda arrived just as Alex was putting his books into his backpack

He glanced at his phone, his heart pounding in worry.

**Just a minor illness, AlexTM Linda’s text read. “No need to worry. Rest up, focus on school, and I’ll be fine.“”

Alex frowned, chewing his bottom lip.

He knew Linda hated being fussed over, but her vague assurances didn’t sit well with him.

His fingers flew over his phone screEIL

**Til come by right after school, Aunt Linda. Don’t try to talk me out of it.”

before she could

pocket, he recalled asking his mom, Nora, to make dinner

made him

I told her Id visit Linda, Alex murmured to himself.

that mean she’s

momentarily appeased. Alex’s mood lifted.

hurried to school,

window, watching Alex’s retreating figure with

he turned the corner and disappeared, she let out a soft sigh and

Today was circled in

is it,” she muttered to herself, her voice tinged with relief and apprehension “After today. I can finally focus

collected her

of activity buzzed

The as if

unusually subdued, at id anticipation had been

with a pouty expression, her

face, Megan? Nora asked,

replied with a dramatic sigh. “I was really looking forward to seeing

Chapter 38

urge to roll her

with Alpha Arnold was well known, and while most of their colleagues humored her, Nora found it tiresome.

had a good reason, Nora said briskly, logging into

Arnold hadn’t shown up. “Linda must have gotten worse,”

around, Nora felt a dull ache building in her

back and stretched before heading to

of freshly brewed coffee filled the

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