Graham:
“It is everywhere,” my father commented.
The last time Elgin called me, I was half asleep.
By the time he ended the call, I did not realize I had dozed off again.
I woke up in a hurry and remembered everything. The first thing I did was check the news to make sure he had not fucking done anything to Madeline again.
When I thought about his words, I got the sense that he was angry at someone, and I put two and two together.
But what I found was completely different from what I thought it would be.
“He ruined himself,” my father commented again as he checked the news on his phone.
“I think that is Silver,” Penny muttered as she zoomed in on the photo of someone pressed against a window.
“Of course it is. Look, she looks exactly like Silver, but the person behind her is not clear,” Kaylee commented, then she turned on the news on the TV.
We were sitting in the living room, and that was where we had breakfast too because the news was crazy.
“Welcome to the show. I'm Sherry. Today we have huge breaking news, something so bad that it sets back the respect for Alphas,” Sherry announced.
Beside her was a reporter. I think she was one of the women who had been at Elgin's mansion last night.
“What do you have to say?” Sherry asked the reporter.
“We received a call in the middle of the night from the very drunk alpha telling us he had something spicy for us,” the reporter said. “When we arrived at the mansion, we found his mate naked against a window, and then he tried to throw us out. There are a few conspiracy theories going around. One is that he was drunk and he and his wife are into something very kinky, and maybe he is a cuck too. So he was excited to watch her, but then he got so drunk that he called us to watch with him. I don't know, but he was drunk, so his decision came from a very disoriented mindset.”
As the reporter spoke about the conspiracy theories, goosebumps spread across my skin.
I bent my elbow and rested my fingers against my bottom lip as I stared at the screen.
“That would be so nasty. But some people are saying he was very angry at first, and later he was found on an empty road near a rogue community, calling for his ex-mate. Let me show you some of the clips,” Sherry said.
My spine stiffened.
My father put his phone down, and Penny did the same as they watched the screen.
The first few were still images from outside the motel where he picked up Madeline and Elara.
I began to wonder if Elara was fine.
She did not look fine with the way Madeline was hugging her and crying.
“These are still images,” Sherry explained.
Both my father and I looked at her in confusion.
“There is no need to do anything. He is his own person. He fucked up. That is his fault,” my father replied, giving me a hand gesture to show that I was not supposed to cause any more trouble involving Madeline.
“But Madeline seems like a good person through all this which we need to change,” Kaylee continued.
I took a deep breath and turned to her.
“Kaylee, I think it is time we stop mentioning her. Isn't that what you said too? And what does Madeline have to do with any of this? Please tell me. From the looks of it, it is pretty clear that it was Elgin's fault. Otherwise, he would not be running around apologizing to her. So stop fucking putting all the blame on Madeline,”
I do not know what happened to me, but I snapped.
I snapped so hard that Kaylee shifted in her seat and folded her arms across her chest.
“Now, now, don't do that. Just because Elgin got punished does not mean you get to disrespect your wife. Do not forget, Madeline is not a saint either. She is a worse person. She hates your family. Do not forget that,” my father snapped angrily.
Even Penny looked at me in disbelief for how I treated Kaylee, especially after I had just told her not to repeat the same mistakes others had made.
“Anyway, get ready. I do not think Elgin will be coming today. You have to come with us and convince Madeline to work on the sickness,” my father urged, grabbing his phone again.
Penny and Kaylee both turned their heads sharply toward my father.

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