Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins

#Chapter 244 – Down the Barrel of a Gun

“Get out of my house!” a feminine voice shrieks. “I’ll shoot you! Get out!”

“Bridgette!” I shout, half panicked and half furious, ducking my head and curling my body around Alvin’s as I press us both against the wall outside the cabin’s door. “Put the f*****g gun down! It’s me! It’s Evelyn!”

“Evelyn!” I hear her gasp and there’s a clatter – god, did she just drop a loaded gun on the floor? I groan, hearing footsteps pounding towards us, realizing that we never should have left her alone with a gun in the house.

I’m looking up at the door and see the moment when her pretty blonde head peeks out of the. “Oh my god!” she pants. “It really is you! I am so sorry – Evelyn, you scared me –“

My limbs are shaking as I unwrap myself from Alvin, who looks up at Bridgette.

“Hi, auntie,” he says, working to give her a tremulous little smile.

“Oh, baby,” she moans, crouching down next to us and putting her arms out to him. He immediately goes to her, wrapping her in a hug. “I’m so sorry.”

“It’s okay,” he assures her, resting his head on her shoulder. “We surprised you – we should have called first –“

“We did call first,” I say through gritted teeth, taking a deep breath and working to dismiss my anger, to remind myself that she’s a woman alone in the woods. She has every right to defend herself. We just…should have taught her some gun safety first.

“Evelyn,” Bridgette says, shaking her head. “I’m so, so –“

“It’s okay, Bridgette,” I respond, getting to my feet and forcing a smile onto my face. “No harm done, right?”

She nods briskly, gesturing towards the door. “Come in!”

She picks Alvin up and holds him on her hip as she leads the way into the house and, despite the panic and adrenaline still pumping through my veins, my heart breaks to see her do it. After all, she’s here because she thought she, too, was going to have a little one to carry just like that, and then found out in the worst way that she wasn’t.

shaking the thoughts away. They’re not helpful right now –

Alvin into the kitchen, where she places him on a chair at the table and moves to the fridge. “Why didn’t you

shrug as she opens the fridge and pulls out a bottle of

don’t have

shakes her head at me. “I forgot it. And when I went down to the little store in the village,” she continues, gesturing out the window with the carton of

one? Or drive

as she places the carton of

to her side. “What’s

I blocked his number, he just got a new one. So…it was easier to just let the phone die. So

put my arm around her, giving her a squeeze. “I’m sorry babe,” I whisper. “I

“I didn’t think about how it was cutting me off from you though. That was stupid of

it. “Who cares.

juice from her hand and nudge her towards the table, taking

time, Bridgette?” Alvin asks, looking around the cabin curiously as I move to the cabinet and take out three glasses, bringing

much,” she

Alvin asks,

alone. Did you know I have six brothers and sisters? We all grew up in a little house, and I

Alvin whispers, fascinated. “I’m never alone. I always have Ian.” He taps

replies with a

you’re…happy here?” I ask, pouring the orange

think I’m getting ready to go. Peace and quiet is great but I have

understanding. “Do you know what you want

bites her lip, shaking her head to tell me she doesn’t. I nod, supportive but not