Her Triplet Alphas – Chapter 44: Chasing Chasity’s Parents
Felix
I was gonna do this thing the way I did everything according to sock starch Alex: “with all the subtle of a large bull sneaking out of a small China shop.” “Ok, gents!”l said, clapping my hands.
“I handled s**t, man that I am, by promising my Baby, Madar Chasity, that we would track down her shitty parents and bring them to her alive or kill the motherf*cker who killed them if we find out they’re dead.” Calix looked dumbfounded but he always looked like that so it was fine.
nce.
whatnot so he would need some time.
his expression.
d sign.
about to wash his ha
,” said Alex, l
s never
s anti-Alex.
lix thing.
g about your upcoming investigation,” mused Alex, stroking his chin.
alled his bluff.
just do it alone
sity will never stop obsessing over it,” I said nonchalantly.
ver forget that you two didn’t hel
ll go tell her right now that you two aren’
ing…”
s away to do it herself or shuts herself off because we don’t do it for her!” Yelled Alex, his eyes darkening as his wolf raged within.
ed.
I admitted
her you don’t want to or s
ever said I
You two don’t spea
“shook.” I leant all the way back as I look
ding respect these days.
a man out of him.
Asked Alex, softening, as
shocked, looking at Alex.
Alex s
x.
parents were running from…they thought them too powerful even for their Alpha and L
Dad,” I said brazenly.
.
, and together, we were unstoppable.
We were s
ree vantage points in every battle.
shrug
,” I added.
on this situation.
asity so much.
e mix so that my voice was just as deep, Calix’s wolf was chilling “Let’s do it,” said Calix with a shrug.
enemies and deal with them.” I nodded eagerly at Baby Boy Calix as he was speaking facts.
promised Chasity that we’d track down her parents if they’re alive or kill her parents’ killer to avenge their deaths if they’re dead,” said Alex, nodding
ike a cool movie plot.
that because it’s what she wants most and what we want most
sent in the relationship,” (explained.
exchanged a glance and then looked at me with wide surprised eyes.
alyse Chasity.
Oprah.
tionships.
should give me more credit.
fter a long silence, Calix said, “I think we should do
but how are we going to
ng Mom’s approval.
,” said Alex.
ld friends are, where their old haunts are.” s**t.
ht.
.
now so’t about Chasity’s parents.
s.
hat much.
so might not know certain things, adult things, things her parents would have kept from her, details ou
g on the most knowledge when it came to her estranged stepbrother and his wife.
you willing to s
as a thorn in Mom’s side.
Calix but not Chasity but it was still worth a shot.
r later.
ours and we were hers.
eal was sealed wi
t tell her about the avenging their deaths part if they’ve been murdered! Just tell her about the finding out what happened for Chasity’s pea
d.
that,” he sa
eguarding our triplet hearts!” I added.
hat she was gonna break our…well, mostly Calix’s, her favourite’s…hearts.
.
at that up!” Calix still looked a tad apprehensive.
s, Calix!” Exclaimed Alex, psyching him up.
ough Baby
d.
e was
Calix
had to be the one to call Mom.
ot surprised.
ld me a lot
s Dad.
speaker.
gned this games
topping the gambling parties Dad would throw because of
ts where they played pool though.
ds unless they could play without gambling.
as no different.
hone rang
Mom.
.
ling his snickering
so her feelings would not be hurt.
le glad to be away from her and Dad.
ad tell me to “man up” just for him to turn around and treat me like a child anyway.
hasity.
asity, Chasi
y, they managed to ruin it somehow.
I needed time with her away from my parents to build our mate bon
t good.
said sadly.
.
ked Mom, instantly worried.
et a bit.
ng me on.
Mom to let us do something as kids.
t happened?! She’s worried sick,” gushed Mom.
ed.
ow your little stepbrother is her father,” I mumb
was a pause.
nervous about her react
un, ok, especially around her,” warned Mom
a little aggravated.
sound like a dangerous lunatic or a conniving b***hor something.
ssing on.
ly.
.
find out what happened to her pare
Silence.
lix and Alex promised
n.
, Mom.
en think abo
ained, my heart racing a little.
anything? What if she took it out on Chasity? I was not twelve years old anymore.
ad to stand
w the mate b
nderstand.
1 would help him,” Mom spluttered rel
elp Chasity.
ith the past somewhat,” I said, finalising everything.
sigh.
lt that twinge of guilt I used to get every time I “disappointed Mommy” when I was little
of herself in the third
omething nice for Chasity.
in number, especially after that time Mom cried because I had stolen money from her wallet to buy Chasity some new shoes.
s had not gotten her any new ones.
eventually” and yet every time we would go shopping, she would bypass the girls’ shoes sections.
ab up a few pairs and toss them among the things Mom would buy for
s and everything cause Alex had helped me check the s
d be gone I would check the receipts and sometimes the shoes were not listed meaning Mom had pu
h all those shoes, all those winter boots? I felt sick just thinking about it but it stopped me feeling sorry for Mom.
ut the missing shoes.
om.
t do you need from me,” she said matter-of-factly.
ver.
uncomfortable.
ty was not easy for him.
.
id.
t down some notes in my journal.
d Mom dryly.
to asking questions about Chasity’s parents without much pre
Was she making this up to throw us off the trail? Did she not
ed suddenly.
r.
y.
Mom’s maiden name?” I asked.
th,” said Mom immediate
it down.
o hesitate for that one, to have to struggle to remembe
now the maiden names of the married women they k
t to the bottom of this.
.
ed a lot o
her somewhat.
emember any of
girlfriends.
friends,” said Mom.
y, my pen at the ready.
p.
hideaways.
tatuesque girl.
he looked
e modelling.
became of her…” said Mom, trailing off.
me so familiar to me? “You mean Deirdre Bi
.
er now! Tall, dark skinned, high cheekbones.
ing.
ix.
eidre really did become a model, an international sup
red but she’s the rea
Wow, ok.
y pop culture or whatever but my broth
ym or something.
to me.
millions of pictures of her online.
realm.
ad such a famous best fri
ne of that added up.
ty even after her mother went missing? If my close friends went missing and they had a kid, I would at le
want to reminisce and tell Chasity funny stories about her Mom’s glory days? I wrote down Deidre’s full name and the alleged address of
huge orb-like eyes.
ody’s business.
she found Deidre impressive and Didi not so much.Do you have phone numbers for either of these people, Mom?” I wondered.
r all no matter where they lived now.
Mom.
panions?” I tried.
bit of a loner.
pbrother
” said Mom.
hat hard to believ
ne close companion was called?” | prompted.
Dexter Sha
an aspiring news reporter actually.
He was a nervous guy with s
n, walked kinda hunched over with hi
what places did they hang out at, Mom?
a disapproving “tsk” sound.
ound,” she retorted, “Bars.
ongue.
tly.
o?” I said, eager to note it down with the rest.
ctantly.
I asked nonchalantly, trying to gauge how criminal these c
om snorted
her head and folding her arms at the indignity of it all.
r stepbrother’s past poor choices.
g in fights.
the people that owned it had connections.
ed after a while,” explained Mom.
.
ut out for us.
We definitely had to track down and interview the th
ree old haunts.
d with information.
I hoped we were
asity, my brothers or myself get s
.
means the world to Chasity so it m
it means the world to me,” said Mom, sounding strained
us,” I emphasised.
Mom.
back in my day.
l mean, I had a reputation to uphold, of course, but I did have my
out.
id Alex.
lix.
lix.
lief.
oked at each other.
hantly.
He an
an.
don’t,” said Felix.
y eyes.
ned.
eah,” I said, smiling, high-fiving my little brot
x.
e little victory da
tually done anything, other than amass a couple leads.
were true leads and not dead-en
t over my notes.
n leads.
supermodel friend.
Didi Torte, Chalice’s busybod
alleged only friend.
hting Club.
thers were still celebrating.
but my wolf and I had this ritual.
and they were never wrong, literally never.
had a hunch about, the one we kept co
if our hunch wa
the name circled in red ink.
x.