91 Selfish 

Luke 

did not expect her to do this. 

“Does anyone have her phone?” He asked us, and none of us was smart enough to grab it. I called Norman to bring her phone to the hospital while we waited. “Do you know her password?” my father asked Monica, and she nodded. The woman was distraught. 

“If you know anything. You better start talking now!” He yelled at Monica, and I told him to calm down; the girl was distraught. She continued to cry until the phone arrived and she gave us the password. It was my father’s birthday 

My father went through the phone, and his hand began to shake violently. I collected the phone from him immediately, and Caleb joined me in going through it. The messages were appalling 

“You think that little sum you sent will prevent me from hurting your son and his daughter. Think again, Stacy. I will make you pay for betraying me.” One text read. 

will keep my promise. I guess the years you spent with that over-privileged fool have made you forget about me and what I can do when I am mad, Stacy!” “You tried to send a

from the guy, and he used different numbers.

lying about his intentions. I looked at my father, and

We could have helped her.” my father said sadly. “You wouldn’t

you in her little way. She isn’t a bad person, you know. She had it rough and wanted the best for me. We were starving. My father refused to send us money, and she worked overtime in Cleeve to make ends meet. You do not know the shit Regan put her through from a young age. You wouldn’t have helped her if she told you she was trapped in a marriage with her pimp and had a daughter by him.” she confessed, and we were all in

My father exclaimed, and Monica wiped away her tears. I guess there was nothing to hide anymore. Stacy might die for all we know.

mother, and Regan Adhit is my father,”

he’ll threaten to kill her parents. He sent her to Cleeve when she got pregnant with me. He did not look back until you came along. He ordered her to seduce you and become your wife, kill you and your son, and then hand over your money and power to him. He promised his father that the Adhit family would be recognised among the Alpha’s of Woodclaw, and that was how he claimed to do it. But my mother had other plans. She loved you from the day you helped her care for her sick father. She loved you, but you were married then. When Regan forced her to be with you, she did it wholeheartedly and promised never to look back. Thanks to you. We were no longer hungry, and I got the care I needed. Regan did not know she

was about to have a heart attack. This was a heavy

and realised the girl looked exactly like Stacy. Why didn’t we suspect this? How didn’t we know? They were inseparable, always looking out for each other. The bond was too strong, but we were too caught up in our mess that we did not know. “Do you know where he is?” I managed to ask her and she shook her head. “My mother used some of the money she got from her jewellery sales to find him, but it was to no avail. The private detective died the very day he took the job, so she sent Regan most of the proceeds she got from selling her jewellery, leaving two envelopes each containing a check, one to me and the other to Caleb. She told me Regan won’t stop coming after us until she was dead and said she would end it. I did not know she would have the heart to go through

have separated yourself from her. Just like twenty-three years ago, we were on our own again. I had to

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