"You should be ashamed of yourself. You did all you did, ripped Tia from my life because you felt she wasn't good enough for me. You said they were too poor for me. I saw the true meaning of poverty in Dome. The Lockwoods are wealthy compared to your folk's mother; Tia is premium material compared t
"There are days that I just want to end it. I hate Tia simply because she has everything I would have wanted. Look at how you are caring for Kimberly. My life was never this sweet. I can't even tell you things I did to survive," She said and took a deep breath. "I do not know where Regan is. If I d
Luke. I followed my father's scent. I thought he had gone to his office, but his scent led me to his bedroom. I had never been there before. Stacy never allowed me to go there; it just became a habit. The door was left ajar, and I walked in. I had never entered. This was my first time there. It wa
"Aunty Ummul said you pressured my mother for a child, and she gave in finally," I said, and he shook his head. "That woman was a bitch! I never pressured Chloe for anything. She would always remember things the way she wanted. Chloe was the one that suggested we get a surrogate; she was the one th
"Why didn't you tell me initially?" I asked him. "The hurt wasn't your cross to bear." He said and then growled. "I can never help Ummul. She caused everything. From the cheating allegations to the fights, divorce threats, and depression that eventually took us to Neev," he said and looked at me.
Tia. Kimberly and I spent a while eating our fill on the table. Stacy was surprised at our behaviour, but I did not care; I was hungry and needed to eat. "Don't you have any sympathy," Stacy asked me, drying her tears, and I looked at her with my fork in my mouth. The bacon was delicious. I looked
Faking concern, I followed my husband and his brother to where the noise was coming from. Kimberly followed behind, and I knew I should not find it funny, but that woman was a piece of work, and it was about time Alpha Aesop gave it to her. What we found was a bit appalling. Stacy had something ki
"Twenty-three years, Aesop. I stuck with you. Through your depression, through your pain, I stayed with you. I told you I was better off as a nanny caring for Luke, but you insisted he needed a mother, but you never gave me a chance," She said. They looked at each other for a while. "Regan told me