Chapter 0018
Abigail’s POV
Mommy wasn’t smiling. That’s how I knew something was wrong. Mommy always siniled, even when she was fired or when I accidentally spilled juice on her papers. But today, her lips were all flat, and her eyes looked sad, like when I broke my favorite doll and she couldn’t fix it.
I sat on the edge of my bed, swinging my legs back and forth, thinking really hard after being sent to bed. Mommy had come home upset after talking about some man named “Alpha Alexander.” I didn’t know who he was, but I did know he made Mommy sad, and I didn’t like that one bi
I chewed on my thumb, glancing at the phone Mommy gave me. She said it was just for emergencies, but maybe this was an emergency? Mommy didn’t have to know I was using it, right?
Scooting over to my pillow fort, I tucked myself inside, clicked the search button, and typed: Alpha Alexander.
It didn’t take long for pictures to pop up–pictures of a tall scary–looking man with sharp eyes and fancy suits.
Only, she
He didn’t look very nice. But then, I saw a picture that made my tummy feel funny. It was Mommyder the
looked different. She was wearing a pretty white dress and smiling at the scary man. And the words picture said:
“Alpha Alexander and his late wife, Lauren, tragically passed five years ago.”
Late wife? Passed? That didn’t make any sense! Mommy wasn’t dead. She was here, alive, and making me pancakes this morning!
And then it hit me.
My eyes went super wide, and my mouth hung open like the time I saw a real pony at the park. That man–that
scary man–was my……..
“Daddy?” I whispered to the empty room.
No. No way!
I jumped up, pacing in my little space, my hands clutching my phone. “Mommy didn’t die!” I said out loud, even though no one was there to hear me. “That Alpha Alexander guy is a big, fat liar! A cheater! He abandoned us! I don’t want him as my daddy!”
The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. That man left Mommy and me all alone. And if he was bad, then his kid Owen was bad too. Mommy said Owen was sick and needed help, but I didn’t care. He was still the son of that bad man and his mean lady.
The next day, Daphne–Mommy’s friend who had hair like gold and smelled like cookies–took me to my new kindergarten. I was excited at first because I love meeting new kids, new friends! But then I saw him.
Owen.
He was sitting all quiet at a little table, scribbling in a coloring book. He didn’t even look up when I walked in. I stuck my tongue out at him, even though he wasn’t looking
“I don’t like him,” I whispered to myself.
I decided right then and there I would stay far away from him. It wasn’t hard. He didn’t talk much.
Having made it most of the day avoiding him, I was happily coloring at free time when a few of the other kids surrounded his table..
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They called him “little mute” and “little fool.” And okay,
ybe that was a little mean, but I wasn’t going to feel
bad for him. He was part of that bad family, and I was not going to forgive him.
But they weren’t being quit abut it. They had surrounded him like a pack of wolves, pointing and laughing.
“Little mute!” one of them teased. “What’s wrong? Can’t you talk?”
“Maybe he’s a little dummy,” another kid said, shoving him lightly.
I felt something twist in my chest, like when I watched a sad movie. Even though I was mad at him, I didn’t like what they were doing. My tummy felt all yucky, and before I could think, I marched right up to them.
“Hey!” I shouted, putting my hands on my hips. “Leave him alone!”
The kids looked at me like I had just grown three heads. “Why do you care?” one of them sneered.
“1 just do!” I yelled back. “I’m telling the teacher!”
That made them scatter faster than ants when you pour water on them. They ran off, muttering something about tattletales, but I didn’t care. I looked down at Owen, who was sitting on the small chair, staring at me with big, round eyes.
“You okay?” I asked, crossing my arms.
He nodded, twirling the marker in his hand in his fingers.
“Good,” I said, turning to walk away. But then I stopped, because I remembered something. “By the way, I don’t like you!”
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Chapter 0019
