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Claimed by the Alpha Chapter 20
NEVILLE The minute I enter my bedroom, I lock it behind me and make a beeline for the bookcase. My mind is sceptical of anyone entering the room in my absence, and those of Margarethe's former apprehensions when she handed me the letter make sense to me now. Something weird is happening inside this house, and the never-ending anxiety of not knowing what flows through our family makes me wary of everyone.Are they even my family anymore?I feel like I know no one.A sordid feeling in my chest tells me I need not trust anyone unless I want to be disappointed.After I put my ear to the back of my locked door to do a second check if anyone has followed me home or if someone is present outside in the hallway quietly waiting for me, I check for anything out of its initial place or order of housekeeping. When my mind is satisfied that no one has entered the room except me, I move toward the washroom to take a quick shower.I need to wash off all the gunk from the long, harrowing day I have
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NEVILLEI wake up with a massive throbbing ache in my head, a hangover quickly taking shape the first thing in the morning. I slip out of bed, wear my slippers and stroll towards the kitchen, rubbing sleep from my eyes when I realise the house is empty. Celia is not living with us anymore since she moved out when I turned eighteen. That's when my dad hired Margarethe as a housekeeper and cook.It makes sense that she doesn't want to be here because of my dad's death. It must haunt her, and I can't do much to alleviate her fears. She must fear for her life. Anyone would lose their mind if the person they loved and cared about was brutally murdered.What kind of safe assurance can I provide her that it won't happen again?And I can't blame her for being selfish, particularly at this time, looking out for herself.I can't ensure her protection while she works for me since I don't know what kind of threat awaits her. Or me. Neither do I know who was behind the murder nor where and if they
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AMELIANeville opens the front door for me and steps to the side of the door, so I can enter the massive foyer my eyes have never seen. As I walk inside, I wonder why I have followed him to his home like a clueless deer waiting for someone to save her? Not more than a mere moment ago, the giant iron-wrought gates at the front opened up slowly when Arnold punched a series of numbers on the monitor's display set on the side wall. That little action reminded me of all those old late-night movies I had seen as a young kid where a kid's parents died in a tragic accident, and then the kid gets transferred with a neutral party to their legal guardian's home. Even though, in this case, the roles are reversed. Neither am I an orphan yet, nor Neville is my guardian by any means. Even playing that scenario in my head sounds extra funny to me.Am I just a stupid girl relying on somebody?Arnold takes off with the car once I'm inside the house to who knows where, and he doesn't follow us behind. I
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AMELIAWhen we finish having our tea, we move on to making Neville's house a better place to live for him. Not that it wasn't a great place to begin with, but I should say a more livable place. I fix the couch cushions and then arrange the things in his living room. Then we move to his dad's old home office, where a lot of files sit on the table, and Neville is adamant that he won't be able to look at everything right about now since the wounds he has in his heart are still too fresh. I understand the look on his face as he stands at the threshold of his dad's study, and I move toward him to offer a gentle pat on the back."Why don't I take on from here?" I propose to him generously. "What if I cleaned out all the files and arranged them somewhere so when you are ready to look at those files, perhaps you could easily find them?"He stares at my face for a long moment, then nods his head at me."That sounds like a good idea." He coughs. "Why don't I stand here and watch you clean up?"
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NEVILLE"We should first finish our food." Her lips curve into a fantastic smile. "Then we can go somewhere."I nod my head."We can go wherever you want to go." "And you won't ask me another question about where we are going?" Her eyes hold me with a steady gaze, weighing her words before she opens her mouth. "Do you trust me that much?""Yeah." I bring the spoon with the soup next to my lips. "I said I trusted you, so that's what it means when I say 'we can go wherever you want to go.'"She chows down her noodles quickly over the next several minutes. Her eyes challenge me to finish mine as soon as I can too. So, I follow suit to her fancy, completing my food not long after she does. Then she wipes her fingers against her jeans, offering me her hand."This is your last chance. You can back out if you want to." Her eyes glimmer under the light from the chandeliers in the kitchen. "Let me make this extremely clear. Here, I offer you this brilliant opportunity to cop out so that I don
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AMELIANeville stares at me from across the room with a drink in his hands. He brings the shot glass to his lips as he laughs at the joke Mason passes around to his company of friends. He's standing in the middle of a pack of the people from Ella's neighbourhood, Mason's high school friends, and the people they have come to know as young parents.When I match his gaze, he nods at Mason before walking up to me. There's a slow smile playing on his lips."It's a pleasant party," he offers as an icebreaker. "I didn't think I would enjoy it this much."I return his smile."I'm happy to know you're having a good time." His eyes mirror mine as we share a silent look. "I have to apologise. I shouldn't have brought you here by lying to you."He raises a hand in my face to stop me from the word vomiting."It's completely okay, you know? I'm enjoying my time here tonight." He laughs. "Ella made some interesting points earlier in the driveway, don't you think?"My eyes widen as I slowly lick my l
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AMELIA"Thank you for driving me home." I exchange a look with Neville. "It was kind of you to take time to sober up before driving us here.""That long walk was good, wasn't it?" He laughs, checking the time on his phone's screen. "Though I got swayed by the idea of crashing on Ella's and Mason's couch. It was a good decision to drive you home because I didn't drink much. Normally, I can let myself go in social situations, but since you were there, I tried my best to practise self-discipline." He eyes me. "Well, that walk was more for you than for me.""It was good." I massage my fingers against my forehead. "My head is not spinning as badly as it was before.""I'm happy to hear that." He unlocks the car door on his side before glancing at me as I shuffle my legs in my seat. His car sits on the side road in front of my home. Neville gets out of the driver's seat to move towards my side as he helps me through the door. My feet are a bit unsteady from feeling the full effects of the bi
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NEVILLEThere's a loud knock on my bedroom door. I twist in bed, wondering who it is now. I fumble and shift under the duvet, bringing it closer to my chest. The repeat knocks on the door return. The person on the other side of the door wouldn't give up.What time is it?Running a hand over my face, I shift against the mattress, thinking if I had locked the front door last night behind me when I came home. Then I sit up against the headboard, adjusting pillows under my lower back, rubbing sleep from under my eyes.A crook wouldn't knock on the bedroom door. And there wasn't anyone inside the house last night when I went to bed. So who could this be?"You can come in." My voice comes out in waves as I shuffle my feet out of the duvet, sliding my body to the edge of the bed. "Who is it?"The person unlocks the front door, and Marge steps into the room."How are you feeling today, Nev?" She speaks with a comforting smile on her face. "I hope my absence didn't cause much disruption to yo
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