Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 210

I try to throw it again, but there's something in her eyes that makes me stop. I tighten my grip on it. "I'm leaving," I say, because I really can't stand this girl.

Ethel shakes his head. "Look what you did, Z. You guys were really making progress."

"Yeah, yeah." She puts her hands on his shoulders and leads him out. "Get out, Ethy. Stop meddling in my business." She slams the door behind him, but not before giving me a look.

In the car, on the way to our next stop, I pull the crumpled sheet of paper out of my back pocket. I feel like I'm missing something.

"What's that?" Onai asks.

I shake my head, reading every entry again. I search for a code or key or a hidden message. She's trying to tell me something, I know it.

"A list of stupid stuff Suzie told her to do." Ethel leans back in his seat, crossing his arms. "I can't believe she did that. Give it to me. I'll throw it away for you."

I'm about to hand it over, but there's something written on the back. I pull it closer to read it.

You're not the only one who's onto them. Get me on your guard shift, you stank ass, three-timing boyfriend stealer xo

P.S. How long did it take you to realize something was on the back? Lol, be honest? *laughs and points at you*

I fold the sheet of paper quickly, stuffing it into my pocket.

Ethel raises an eyebrow.

I smile. "I've got it. I..." I try to think of something quick. "I'm gonna show my brother. He won't believe this."

"Oh, ok." Ethel sits back. "Whatever you want."

I try not to stare at him suspiciously. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I don't trust him as much as I do trust him. It's weird. I like him, at least his personality, but... I don't know. I think Michael was right. It's the people I know who hate me, like Suzie, that I can really trust.

I look at Onai. "So where are we going now?"

"To see Axel," he says.

I frown. "Why'd you say it like that?"

He gives me a look. "Where he's at."

My frown deepens. "Where is he?"

Onai frowns too. "You won't like it."

Axel is standing in the midst of the storm with three kids hanging off his legs and two gnawing on each arm. He continues to talk to the daycare lady without a care in the world. "Yeah, so it seems Aiden decided to cut the pizza room after all and..." His eyes land on me. "Mia." He smiles.

I stare at him in horror.

He points down. My eyes follow the motion. It's that little girl again. The one that bit me last time. She just narrowly misses taking another chunk of my leg, thanks to Onai. She frowns. Then she stands back up and wobbles towards me. The cannibal.

She makes grabby hands at me and her teeth look even sharper than before. I'd leave her if she wasn't about to step in the mess the boy made. I brace myself and lift her up before she does. Her big blue eyes take in every detail of me. Then she snatches up my twists. Ow.

"She likes you too," Axel says, taking the boy to a changing table.

"Yeah." I follow him. "Because she just wants to eat me."

Onai follows too, attracting some kids of his own. Ethel stands by the door looking horrified. "What kind of place is this?"

Axel and Onai give him a look. The girl bites me.

"I don't want any," I say.

Axel laughs, holding my hand as we leave the place. "Not even one?"

I shake my head. "Nope. Not even one." I move closer to him as the path gets narrower.

"What'll happen to the pack?" he asks.

"You mean, what'll happen to me." I hold my heart. "If I had one biological kid, then I'd definitely have to have two more or it wouldn't be fair to the other two brothers." I can't have just one, but I don't want three, so I figure I shouldn't have any.