Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 0151

I walk inside the shop, taking in everything inside it. Nothing has changed in the past three years since I've been away. The walls are still the same warm yellow color they were, although it seems a fresh coat has been added. The chairs and the tables are still the same. I walk further in. I've come here to forget my worries for the time being, just like I did since I was about twelve years old. The only difference this time is that I have my wolf and I can actually smell the different flavors of ice cream.

"Sadie, is that you?" a low-pitched, feeble, and scratchy voice asks, making me lift my head.

I smile, seeing a familiar old face. "Hi, Mrs. Walter."

She wobbles over to me before pulling me into her arms in a warm hug. I wrap my hands around her, hugging her back, feeling myself relaxing as her warmth surrounds me.

"Where have you been, dear? You disappeared without a word or a trace. I've been so worried about you." The concern in her voice holds my heart in a tight grip.

I didn't have time to come and say goodbye. I didn't

two people would recognize me. I had to learn to lie and be really convincing, because if I couldn't, it meant that I had to kill the person that recognized me. Unlike the first hybrid that I killed, the others were innocent. I couldn't kill them because they recognized me, and I couldn't let word get back

go to college," Mrs. Walter mutters, her brows drawn in confusion. "If I remember correctly, you told me you were waiting for that boy you had a crush on to reciprocate your love so you could get married and

the third person to mention Alec today. Why is it always like that? The more you try to avoid someone, the more their names keep popping

up when he got himself a girlfriend," I

sad; you were madly in love with him. How could he not see how pure your love

he wanted to marry. Even though he hated her guts, Mrs. Walter couldn't help but fall in love with him. Well, that is

did, he was cold to her. It went on like that for months, and the other woman started taunting her and causing havoc in her marriage. Mr. Walter always took the woman's side instead of his wife's. His affection and care for the other woman broke her. Shattered her in ways she never thought

divorce was unheard of. Women had to stay