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.

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

Leah and I hope you can forgive me for everything I've put you

I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand. I didn't want to cause her pain or stress. Putting it behind us once and for all

as

our bed watching tv eating a bag of chips. We were still invited to dinner tonight but if I'm being honest, I wasn't sure I wanted to

it really matter? Was it going to make a difference to my life now? No, it wasn't. Maybe my aunt Claire was

ran a hand down my

you, okay?". Jake asked coming back into

nodded. "No". I sighed. "I feel I'm doing something wrong, for some reason

"About what?". He frowned.

with my gran, for making her go

she wanted

sighed. "But I'm not sure I want

He shrugged. "If you want to move on from it then do so. The past isn't going 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 didn't need to

think I've made a big deal over this for

sitting on the other

I shrugged.

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