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I Could See How Much My Alpha Family Loved Her, so I Left Chapter 9
Vanessa realized they'd heard every word.She froze.The color drained out of her face.Vanessa Hale, the golden girl everyone admired, looked rattled for the first time in her life."No, no, that's not what..."She tried to laugh it off."I was just joking."I raised my voice and talked right over her."Ever since I was a kid, I've been able to see a number over everybody's head.""It tells me how much they like Vanessa.""My teacher at the orphanage. Once Vanessa had her, she helped Vanessa freeze me out. She let the other kids treat me like dirt.""My fiancé. Once Vanessa had him, he walked out on me the day before our mating ceremony."I closed my eyes. My voice shook, and I let it."And there were so many more."Vanessa Hale's name had been my nightmare my whole life.I'd run from her. Slunk out of one city after another.And every time, she followed.When I finally found my family, I thought I'd found somewhere safe.It turned out to be the start of another nightmare.Mom was cry
I Could See How Much My Alpha Family Loved Her, so I Left Chapter 8
There was only one number left.A huge, round zero.Vanessa nearly came apart.Of everyone she'd ever worked on, this family had been the hardest.She'd found the Sterlings before Ivy ever did. Three years she'd spent on the Silver Ridge payroll, smiling at them, and gotten nowhere.She'd finally dragged them up into the sixties and seventies.And the moment they heard Ivy was gone, it vanished. All of it. Like it had never been there.Vanessa was frantic.But from then on, the Sterlings poured everything they had into finding Ivy.Vanessa tried every trick she knew.The numbers didn't go up. They kept going down.Weeks went by.At last the Sterlings got a lead on where Ivy was.The second they had an address, they were ready to drop everything at home and go.When Vanessa found out, she insisted on coming.She could feel it. This was her last chance.At the gate, right before boarding, Graham and Catherine gave her a puzzled look."Aren't you in kidney failure?""Are you sure you're u
I Could See How Much My Alpha Family Loved Her, so I Left Chapter 7
What Vanessa didn't know was that Ivy was long gone.So Vanessa cried until she could barely breathe, and still the door didn't move.For one second, she wondered.Only one.Then she caught the Sterlings' scent on the stairs and cried harder.It worked.The sight of Vanessa crumpled on the floor lit all three of them up.Catherine pounded on the door."Ivy! Even if you won't give her your kidney, you can't be this heartless!""Open this door right now!"Kieran shouted right along with her."If you don't come out of there right now, I swear, from today on I don't have a sister."They banged for a long time. Nobody answered.Graham's eyes flashed gold."Let's see how long she thinks she can hide in there."He took hold of the knob and snapped the lock with one twist of his hand.The door swung open.The three of them stormed in.Then they stopped dead.Vanessa, still crying, hurried in after them to keep the show going.She looked up and found all three of them staring at the room with t
I Could See How Much My Alpha Family Loved Her, so I Left Chapter 6
Graham looked up at Vanessa.This time there was nothing warm in it. Only questions.He got to his feet and opened the mind-link to his family.The island's off. We promised that trip to Ivy.She's our daughter. If she ever found out, it would break her heart.Catherine answered right away.I don't know what I was thinking. It didn't even cross my mind.Kieran was a beat behind her.You're right. I'm her big brother. I shouldn't be keeping score with her.If she won't apologize to Vanessa, fine. We're not going to freeze her out forever.Vanessa had no idea any of this had happened.All she knew was that when she walked out of the conference room, the numbers over all three of them had dropped to 50.Every alarm in her head went off at once.She chased Graham down the hall."Dad," she said, before she could stop herself. "Is it Ivy? Did she make a fuss about me going to the island?""Did I do something wrong? Did I upset her?"Graham looked at her pitiful little face.He still softened
I Could See How Much My Alpha Family Loved Her, so I Left Chapter 5
The front door closed so softly that nobody heard it.By the time anyone thought to look for Ivy, her chair was empty.Catherine only frowned a little."All we asked for was an apology. Why is that so hard?""And now she's hiding in her room."Graham patted her hand."She's our daughter. She's going to be with us from now on.""We'll teach her. She'll come around."Then, out of nowhere, Catherine's eyes went red."It's our fault too, you know.""We lost her. We let her be gone for so long.""She had a hard life out there. Maybe we shouldn't hold her to such a high standard."Vanessa heard every word.Her eyes narrowed for half a second. Then she jumped in."You're right. Nobody has it easy at the orphanage.""I remember once, a teacher gave me some candy as a reward.""Ivy saw it and said I'd stolen hers. She threw it on the floor and stomped it to dust.""We only got candy once a month."Her eyes were wet by the end. She put on a brave little smile."But it's fine. It was a long time
I Could See How Much My Alpha Family Loved Her, so I Left Chapter 4
The crack echoed down the stairwell.I pressed my palm to my cheek and stood there, frozen.Mom looked at me like I'd broken her heart."We looked into all of that already. We called your orphanage. Ms. Porter told us you had sticky fingers from the time you were little.""She said you were always jealous of Vanessa. That you'd trash her to anyone who would listen.""It's bad enough you're not half the girl Vanessa is. Do you have to be this low, too?"Each word went in slow, like a dull knife.My hands and feet went cold. I looked above their heads.50.It was climbing so fast it felt like it was laughing at me.Anything I said now would only sound pathetic.Dad's voice was ice."Everyone who meets Vanessa likes her better.""Is everyone else the problem?"I had nothing to say to that.The sting in my cheek was gone in a minute. Wolves heal fast.I stood there long after it faded.I swallowed the tears and found a small, pale smile somewhere."No. It's me."My fault, for coming up sho
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