The Alpha Chose Me by Missy Elliottxo

"I'm sorry". I whispered. "I shouldn't have said that".

"Don't apologise sweetheart". My gran spoke. "It's a lot to take in and digest and it'll take time to process but take all the time you need because I want us all to be a family again, Leah. I regret a lot of things in life, but the one thing I regret the most is how I acted and how I treated you".

"Can I ask why you just up and left?".

"I wasn't in the right frame of mind. I thought you'd be better off without me. I knew this was all going to come to light one day and I wasn't sure I was going to be able to handle it".

"Handle telling me the truth?". I frowned.

She nodded. "I wasn't sure how you were going to react. I admit I was selfish, and I should have been honest from the start with everyone, but I didn't want to hurt anyone".

"So, you pushed me away to stop me from finding out the truth?".

"I know what it sounds like Leah, but I didn't mean for any of this to happen the way it did".

"I know". I sighed.

I couldn't give her a hard time, that wouldn't be fair, and she really didn't deserve it.

She was trying to make things right, trying to make peace with everyone.

wasn't going to do anyone any good. It wasn't going to change anything that happened. We were all here to

put this behind us Leah and I hope

want to cause her pain or stress. Putting it behind us once and for all was for the best. This was her past; her story and I couldn't

that as well".

and changed into my pjs. I was sat on our bed watching tv eating a bag of chips. We were still invited to dinner tonight but if I'm being honest,

matter? Was it going to make a difference to my life now? No, it wasn't. Maybe my aunt Claire was right. The past should stay in the past, I wasn't going

I ran a hand

Jake asked coming back into the room from our

I sighed. "I feel I'm

"About what?". He frowned.

making her go through her

thought she wanted

I'm not sure I want

to make a difference to your life going forward babe. Think about it, your dads here, your gran and George are back, and they all want to be part of your life". He was right. This

made a big deal over this

sitting

I shrugged.

weekend reading?

5s.com for uninterrupted

chapter is just a click away, exclusively available