Chapter 0244
I went over to his house after I got off work. I knocked on the door, but no one answered. But I heard screaming from inside. To make a long story short, Joey’s dad was wasted drunk and angry.
I guess Joey’s parents were heavily in debt and they were afraid that they were going to lose their house. One of his dad’s friends was a ga mma in another pack, and his daughter had always had a crush on Joey even though she was four years older than him. When her mate unexpectedly died just a couple of weeks
after they met, her dad was desperate to make her feel better. The ga mma offered Joey’s parents
enough money to pay off the mortgage on their house if Joey would agree to marry his daughter.
Joey was not even 18 yet, and he was in love with Jessica. He was sure that she would end up being his
mate. He thought his dad’s idea was insane, and he absolutely refused to marry anyone other than
Jessica.
I know all of this because when I got to his house, his dad was screaming the whole story in anger. Out of instinct, I opened the front door, which was unlocked. To my horror, I walked in on his dad whipping
Joey with a silver whip. Joey was unconscious and Rose and were worried that he did not have much
time left.
When he saw me, Joey’s dad tried to go after me too, but I shoved him back hard, with all my strength. I told him to never touch Joey again. I also told him to stop pressuring Joey to leave Jessica. I then gave him my necklace, which I assumed he could sell to get enough money for the back due mortgage payments.”
“The one with the diamond pendant? That your father gave you?”
*You remember it?”
James looked at me sadly. “Your dad gave it to you on your 13th birthday. I remember you proud of that necklace, just like you were of every gift your dad gave you.”
being so
I
“I was. And that one ended up being the last gift that my dad ever gave me. When I gave it to Joey’s dad,
I told him that in exchange for me giving it to him, I expected him to forget who I was and where he got the necklace.”
I wiped a couple of tears away from my eyes. I really had loved my father. I still loved him. I wish I
I I understood why things had to go so very wrong.
“Anyway,” I continued, “after his dad left the room, I checked on Joey. I was scared that he was not going. to make it. There was so much blood, and I could not get Joey to wake up when I shook him. I pleaded with Rose, asking her to come up with an idea to save him. At that point, she had me shift into her form. She then used her tongue to lick Joey’s wounds, which made the wounds immediately heal. We shifted
“Wow,” James said.
“I remember being so scared that Joey’s dad was going to hurt Joey again or say something to someone
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