After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 133

Chapter 133

Blaine woke slowly the next morning. Every movement felt more burdened than it should have. She’d hardly slept at all. Half the night she’d been trying to see what she could do to take that news report down.

After she learned there was no way, not really, she’d gone down the rabbit hole of what people were saying about

1. it.

Very few were trying to defend. By morning, her inbox was filled with angry emails. Hate mail. She’d had to brag herself out of bed. But no amount of coffee or self–care could fix what was happening.

She poured a bowl of cereal, to tired to make anything else, and glanced up at the TV. Her brow furrowed

“She has always been this way. Since she was a kid.”

Walter.

Her dad.

Elaine walked around the counter and into the living room, stopping in front of the screen.

“She’s always been so selfish. It doesn’t surprise me to find out what she’s doing now.”

Tears stung her eyes as her hand went to the locket at her neck. Her mother’s locket.

It was foolish to ever hope for something different from that man. No matter what she did, he never seemed to change. He never would. It didn’t stop her from hoping. Hoping he might, one day, see some sense.

Might one day take back all the hurt he’s caused.

That day would never come and she knew it.

Elaine went back to grab her cereal, shoving a spoon into the bowl and taking it to the table. Harriet shuffled out of her own room. She took one look at Elaine’s dejected face, the news broadcast, then sighed.

“Oh boy…” she muttered, walking over to the sofa to snatch up the remote and turn it off. “Do I even want to know?”

“My dad can’t stop making things worse. This just won’t stop getting worse.”

Harriet ran her fingers through her hair, looking Elaine up and down. “I know… but look on the bright side…”

“What bright side? There is no bright side. This random rogue is trying to destroy everything I’ve built. Documents have been stolen from right from under my nose, and every chance I get to explain what’s going on, I blow it!”

“You got flustered. Anyone who watched the report can see how that reporter was trying to get a rise out of you,” Harriet said, moving over to sit down across from Elaine.

“The problem is it worked. I look more guilty than ever because of it.”

Harriet snorted. “As if you’d be stealing money. If you were rich, you wouldn’t still be living with him. You don’t even have your own closet place!”

Elaine managed a half–smile. “It’s why we have the dresser.”

“See? You’re not rich. Anybody with a brain can figure that out. All your money has been poured into this

foundation.”

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Her expression fell again. Elaine shoved her face into her hands.

That was the worst part of all of this. It seemed too obvious what the truth was, yet no one seemed to care. They all saw the news, saw one document, and assumed the worst of her. Of what she was trying to do. 1

It wasn’t fair.

Elaine lowered her hands. “I don’t know what to do…I can’t have the foundation’s reputation destroyed this, I don’t have time–”

She cut herself off, catching herself before making the mistake of explaining more.

“Don’t have time?” Harriet asked with a tilt of her head.

“I…we could be helping people right now but instead I have to be dealing with this. It’s a complete waste of time,” Elaine amended.