Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 383

Chapter 383: 383-My Past Kept Showing Up

Helanie:

"Helanie! Let’s go, what are you waiting for?" I couldn’t believe I had stayed behind while the others had moved ahead.

Even the guy had left. It was Lamar’s voice that caught my attention. I ignored him and rushed back inside the café to confirm I hadn’t just had a nightmare.

"Hey, how are you?" Penn was standing at the counter talking with this guy. Yep! It was him. There was no doubt about it. The way his eyes had been red that night and the anxious cries he let out when he couldn’t get it done the first time.

The details of that night were startling, but right now, he was standing with Penn, talking about stuff, with the blue jacket tucked under his arm.

"Your mom has been so worried about you, Kaiden," Penn said his name, giving identity to yet another one of those alphas.

"Helanie, what’s going on?" Lamar came from behind me, but my eyes stayed glued to Kaiden.

"Mom is always worried. Things are just off now. The demise of Rayden—" he sighed, making my head hurt.

"Huh! You shouldn’t be saying his name," Penn hushed him, causing my nerves to hit another level of anxiety.

"Is it?" Lamar must have noticed. He gently held my hand and squeezed it while I nodded.

"Penn—I forgot to tell you, my boy is here," Benita walked out from the backroom, pointing at Kaiden.

He was the alpha who was getting bullied?

Oh no!

He was Benita’s son. The fact that this woman was always on everyone’s back, calling them whores and sluts, but had a son who was a rapist didn’t surprise me.

"I came to meet Rayden’s parents but found out—" that guy was so weird, he was still talking about Rayden when his mother glared him down.

"Oh, I’m sorry. I’m not saying he wasn’t a bad person—" he must have noticed the look on Penn’s face. He was talking about someone who Penn’s sister had killed.

Hearing his voice was so odd for me. My body kept getting filled with goosebumps, and my eyes were welling up.

"He got what he deserved, but his mother was an innocent one who had no clue what her husband and son were doing. She had since cut ties with her husband and asked the council to reject all his pleas to ever be released," Kaiden explained, rubbing his hands together to warm them up.

But every action from him caused my body to shudder.

"I’m glad at least someone is taking the right stand," I couldn’t tell if it was directed at Kaiden or not, but he made the mother and son share a glance.

"Anyway, I came here with my—" Penn continued, turning to the door when he found us there, "friends."