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she’d said, “and people teasing Alex into shape.” Beatrice had made lasagna. Rachel brought fancy lemonade. Raymond grilled Alex all dinner like a dad doing a background check. It was hilarious. “So, have you read any parenting books yet?” Raymond asked between bites. “I’ve bookmarked twelve,” Alex replied. “Actually read them?” “…define ‘read,’” he said, earning himself a playful smack from me. Rachel offered some advice on navigating baby stores. “It’s all a scam. Just don’t fall for anything that says ‘multi-stage growth system.’ That’s code for ‘$800 stroller you don’t need.’”

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"Why did you have to listen to Wesley? Why did we have to go to the Caribbean? We had promised to take Caleb to the Northern Forest. Caleb had agreed to the Northern Forest trip." "If we had gone there. If we had gone... maybe he wouldn't have wanted to leave..." Riley remained silent. As she reached the bedroom door, Alexa's agonized shout followed her. "Stop pretending. Riley, how long has it been since you've truly cared about Caleb?" Riley stopped in her tracks. Her movements became extremely sluggish. After a long moment, she turned back to look at Alexa with vacant eyes. "What about you? Did you ever care?" The anger and grief on Alexa's face froze in an instant.

He apologized for his initial reaction to Cynthia’s threats and told her he had admitted everything to Tanya before setting up the sting with Peter. “Karen is traveling this week, so we have the apartment to ourselves. You can apologize to me all night long,” Rachel smiled invitingly and put her arm through Alex’s. They started walking toward the front door when he suddenly stopped and pointed to the display on the wall. In the top row, second from the right was the framed book jacket of Legal Briefs. “Looks like your book is back where it belongs,” Alex said with pride in his voice. “So are you, Alex,” Rachel said, holding him close. “So are you,”

Alexa, driven by her determination to exert control, ruthlessly tears the first page of the book, leaving Rose stunned and speechless. In a defensive reaction, Rose attempts to snatch the book back, her desperation increasing. In the process, she inadvertently pushes Alexa, causing her to trip. However, Alexa quickly grabs hold of the chair behind her, maintaining her balance. The tension between them escalates, and Alexa retaliates by forcefully pushing Rose.

She jabbed her finger down the hallway like she was summoning the ghost of vindication. “You owe me fifty bucks, Alex!” From the kitchen came the sound of Alex’s soul evacuating his body through his vocal cords. “AGHHH, dammit to hell!” I stared at them both, brain buffering like shitty campus WiFi. “Wait, what the actual fuck? You were betting on me?” “Yup.” Riley was practically vibrating with smug satisfaction, propping her rainbow-striped socks on our coffee table like she was claiming territory. “I said you were definitely seeing someone. Alex thought you were just paying for premium Snapchat content and crying yourself to sleep.”

The books had been collected and stacked on the reading tables pending the bracket repair. Aria had gone to the library that evening after the children were asleep to retrieve a specific text she needed for her morning session with Vrenna, and she had found Alexander there. He was standing at the reading table with the displaced collection, holding one of the fallen volumes, reading it with the focused attention he brought to everything. He had not heard her come in, or had heard her and not adjusted, which with Alexander could mean either thing. She found the text she needed on the third stack. She was about to leave when he said, without looking up from his book: "There is a reference in t

Riley’s POV I returned to the living room with the stack of high school yearbooks in my hands, carefully avoiding making eye contact with Jaxon as I handed them to Alexis. She took them with an excited grin, flipping the first one open immediately. “Oh my God, Riley!” she exclaimed, pointing at one of the photos. “Look at you here! You were so cute back then. Look at those cheeks!” My face burned as I glanced at the picture. It was one of those cheesy spirit-week photos where I was dressed as the school mascot—a giant, fluffy bear. It wasn’t my finest moment, but Alexis seemed to find it absolutely adorable.

Putting on my black high heels I give myself a last check before heading downstairs as I hear the first cars arriving. Arriving quietly behind my parents as they welcome the first couple – Alpha Zachary and Luna Rachel from the Blood Moon Pack, I step beside my father in time to shake Alpha Zachary’s and Luna Rachel’s hands. My mother and father give me a stern look, acknowledging my close to late arrival. I smile and continue with some small talk with Luna Rachel as Alpha Jackson continues speaking with Alpha Zachary and his Beta Sam. Luna Rachel is a beautiful woman. With her blond hair, brown eyes, and petite frame she is clearly the light in Alpha Zackary’s eyes.

"They don't have pictures, and they're about things that don't make sense. Like why would someone want to read about how to be perfect all the time? That's not fun." I felt my chest tighten at Ollie's innocent observation. The books Riley preferred were likely the training manuals and behavioral guides that Sophia had used to condition him. To Ollie, they seemed boring, but to Riley, they represented safety and familiarity of his life before he was rescued by us. "Riley, do you want to tell me about these books you enjoy?" Dr. Sloane asked, trying again to engage him. Riley's attention snapped back from the window, and I could see him considering his answer carefully. "They help me understan