77 What Happened in Neev 

Luke. 

“Are we family?” was the first question that escaped my lips, and Ummul nodded and looked at her daughter. She sighed and seemed reluctant to speak but then decided to do so. Ummul held my hand tightly and pleaded with me to sit next to her. Mike brought me a chair, and I sat beside her, still holding my hands. 

“My mother is your grandmother’s younger sister. It is your grandfather that is from Eastwood. Your grandmother is from Neev. That is where you get your thick dark hair and beard from,” Amirah said, and I was surprised at her words 

“If we are related, why was your mother my mother’s maid?” I asked, and Amirah got angry. 

“That is a big lie. When your mother gave birth to you, we had to go and care for both of you. It is our tradition in Neev. If her mother was alive, it would be your grandmother that would go instead. My mother isn’t a servant,” Amirah growled, and I was surprised. 

“I can’t believe you are my family,” I said, and she nodded. 

“Then why did you abandon me when my mother died. Did you know the horror I went through in Stacy’s hands ?” I asked Ummul, and tears began to fall from her eyes again. 

“It was beyond our capacity to request for you at the time your mother passed away,” Amirah said, and Ummul shook her head, and she stopped talking. 

want to know what happened to my mother and why

with her hand, and her lips quivered with anger.

away from us,” Ummul

Maybe they still have a vendetta against him. You have to be careful,” Caleb linked me, and I told him not to worry.

do not care if you believe what we are about to tell you, but that is our truth,” She said, and I was

knew the Moons had fallen on hard times financially then, and we suspected Aesop was only after Chloe because she was a Renshaw. Renshaws owned the Eastwood pack, and your mother was the next in line for the Alpha position. She was a powerful one too. She was smitten by Aesop, and they eloped. The Renshaws were angry but soon accepted because the Moon bloodline was the most prestigious. Their union made it possible for the Moons to take over Eastwood and Aesop to take over Diamond Corp, Luke Renshaw’s company. ” she said,

after your grandfather. Alpha Luke was sick around that time and your grandmother had passed away, so he could not do much about it, but he said he did not

but Chloe was finding it

and did not have good hospitals. My mother and I lived in Neev then, and when we found out what they had come to do, she kicked against it. Chloe did not want it, but Aesop had mounted so much pressure on her that she had no choice but to suggest it. When they arrived, he used that opportunity to cheat and started sleeping with loose women. They were supposed to get a surrogate, not a mistress. By then, Aesop had lots of women from Dome that he was dating, and he lavished them

on her account and company shares to Luke Moon. She said she wanted to name her son after her father so her father’s name would not die.

to three trusted people. One of which was my mother,” she said and went to open the cupboard. She bought out an old manilla envelope and handed it to me. It had my mother’s signature on

you from your father and help you manage the asset until you come of

her, but she later found out he had nothing to do with it. When she confronted him about the women he was screwing, he promised her he had ended it before they left Neev. Aesop launched an investigation to find the culprits, but it yielded nothing. By then, Chloe had separated the wealth and Aesop was only entitled to allowances for the work he

did not like us. He claimed my mother had come to wreck his marriage. He accused my mother of convincing Chloe to leave him.” she said

father was crazy about your mother. He was obsessed with her. Why he cheated, we would never know, but he regretted it, and he was always afraid that we were coming to convince her to leave him. That was far from it, of course. My mother was glad they had moved on, and she only came to care for you. When you were two years old, Life in Woodclaw City became tedious for your mother, and she sank into depression. Aesop did all

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