After She's Terminal The Alpha Regrets (Elaine and Lucas) novel Chapter 246

Chapter 246

Surely there had to be something to come of this.

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However, Lucas shook his head. “No. You’re not going to some mad house to talk with an even madder woman. And I don’t see how she could have known. She’s done bad things, she’s not who I thought she was, I understand that now, but your miscarriage? That’s…”

He rubbed his temple, unable to even comprehend this. Ayla had done a lot of bad things, but that seemed to far even for her.

Especially when so few had known to begin with.

“I just need to see for myself. To hear it from her,” Elaine said.

“No.”

“Lucas, please–”

“I said no!” he snapped. Elaine took a step back. “I couldn’t protect you from her before. I’m not making that mistake again and allowing you to go running off to her now. She’s not stable.”

“She’s locked up, she can’t hurt me.”

“We don’t know that!” Lucas turned away from Elaine, his fear bleeding through. “I failed you for so long, Elaine. I’m not going to do it again by knowingly allowing you to go see her again.”

“But if she knows something—“Elaine began.

“It happened three years ago!” Lucas yelled, turning back around to Elaine. “Three years. You need to stop this.”

“Let me guess. Just let it go like how you let it go? Blamed me and moved on?” Elaine asked.

“Come on, that’s not fair–”

“I don’t want to hear it. It’s clear you don’t actually support me, Lucas. That’s why it’s too late for us.” Elaine turned her back on him this time, going inside. The door slammed behind her as she left Lucas on the porch.

She paused just inside the entryway, looking toward the windows. Lucas was already storming towards his car, not even looking back.

Elaine pinched the bridge of her nose, struggling to reign in her emotion. That’s when she heard the sound of the TV from the living room. She strode towards it.

Liam stood in front of the TV, watching some kind of game being played. In that moment, watching him calmly enjoying a game, knowing that if she asked him anything, he’d do his best to make it happen. She made her decision.

He turned to her as he heard her footsteps. “Who was it?”