Chapter 229: The Truth
Edrick

I stayed up almost all night thinking about things.

Moana was right about Ella needing to know the truth about her mother. Especially if bad things were about to happen, I felt as though I needed to finally tell her everything. And besides, Moana was angry with me; maybe this would remind her that I wasn’t all that bad, and that I was trying my best.

“Ella, can you come here, please?”

Ella sighed and pushed her chair back, causing it to scrape against the floor in an unpleasant way. She was upset with me, too, because she didn’t understand why we had to leave the penthouse so suddenly. But nonetheless, she came over to me and sat in my lap.

I caught a glimpse of Moana standing in the kitchen. Her green eyes met mine, and as I held Ella, I saw them soften as they looked at the two of us.

“Ella, there’s something that I haven’t told you. And I think you deserve to know the truth.”

“What is it?” Ella asked, looking up at me with a pout on her face.

I took a sharp breath. I wasn’t mentally prepared to have this conversation, but it needed to be done.

want to make it too obvious that she was listening, but if I was being honest, I wanted

it?” Ella was getting impatient, and looked up

telling you the truth,” I finally said. “Your mom… Your real mom… She isn’t dead. Actually, she’s alive. The reason why I told you all this time that your mom isn’t alive anymore is because she isn’t very nice.

“Really?” she

to do with you, Princess,” I said gently. “Your mom is someone who has a lot of problems in her life. She doesn’t feel things the

could not only see Moana out of the corner of my

But I kept going.

me to get money and a fancy life, I decided to send her away. That’s why it

don’t have things all

eyes go a little wide at Ella’s wise words, and I nodded. “That’s exactly it. When you’re little, like you are, you think that you’ll have everything

heard a sniff from the doorway, and looked up to see Selina dabbing at her eyes with her apron and scurrying away. Moana, however, stood steadfast and just looked at me with what almost seemed like adoration

“Daddy?” Ella finally asked.

“Yes, Princess?”

already sort of knew that my

my eyes go even wider. “What

I was a baby, before I could remember things. And one time, I had a dream that you and my real mommy were fighting, and you told her

exactly what

Just take this money, and get out! I don’t

brought that whole memory rushing back like a train hitting me. I felt my heart practically stop, and all

She was an Alpha, after all, and it seemed now that she had the ability of Hindsight, or being

like that. But maybe, when she was older, it would manifest more solidly.

But I kept going.

using you and me to get money and a fancy life, I decided to send her away. That’s why it was always just you and me. I’m

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