Pregnant With Alpha’s Genius Twins – Chapter 244
“Get out of my house!” a feminine voice shrieks. “I’ll shoot you! Get out!”
“Get out of my house!” a feminine voice shrieks. “I’ll shoot you! Get out!”
“Bridgette!” I shout, half panicked and half furious, ducking my head and curling my body around Alvin’s as I press us both against the wall outside the cabin’s door. “Put the f*g gun down! It’s me! It’s Evelyn!”
“Evelyn!” I hear her gasp and there’s a clatter – god, did she just drop a loaded gun on the floor? I groan, hearing footsteps pounding towards us, realizing that we never should have left her alone with a gun in the house.
ng up at the door and see the moment when her pretty blonde head peeks out of the. “Oh my god!” she pants. “It really is you!
f from Alvin, who looks up at Bridgette.
emulous little smile.
her, wrapping her in a hug. “I’m so sorry.”
er. “We surprised you – we should have called first –“
gritted teeth, taking a deep breath and working to dismiss my anger, to remind myself that she’s a woman alone in the woods. She has every right to defend herself. We just…should have taught her some gun safety f
r head. “I’m so, so –“
face. “No harm done, right?”
door. “Come in!”
up and holds him on her hip as she leads the way into
shaking the thoughts away. They’re not helpful right now – we hav
. “Why didn’t you answer any of my calls?”
phone died?” she responds, giving me a sorry little shrug as she opens the fridge and pulls out a bottle of orange juice.
’t have a charg
nues, gesturing out the window with the carton of orange juice. “They didn’t have one.”
Or drive further?”
s the carton of orange juice on it. She doesn’t say anything.
Bridgette,” I say, moving quickly to
ers, not looking at me. “He wouldn’t stop. Even when I blocked his number, he just got a new one. So…it was easier to just let the ph
arm around her, giving her a squeeze. “I’m sorry babe,
at was stupid of me.”
sing it. “Who cares. We found yo
o that she can relax.
“Not much,” she says, shrugging
the side.
er nose at him. “I kind of like being bored for a little,” she says, whispering it
whispers, fascinated. “I’m never alone. I always have Ian.” He taps his head. “Up here, if we’re not together.”
ting,” Bridgette replies wit
pouring the orange juice and handing out the glasses.
ting ready to go. Peace and quiet is great but I have to return to my life sometime.”
ext?”
tell me she doesn’t. I nod, supportive but not pushing her.
”
, throwing his hands up in the air and accidentally splashing orange juice on the floor.
’t have anyone to invite to a party because Rafe isolated her from her family and her childhood friends. But I get to it first, coming up with an instant plan. “I think that’s a great idea,” I int
oses her mouth, hesitant, but I continue anyway. “I’ll call Delia and Emma – they’ll come by.” I look towards my friend as I throw the paper towels in the waste basket. “We’ll have
gette hums, her eyes shining. “That would be amazing. They can –“
tween us. “We cannot have a girl’s night. I am not a girl.”
pping my arms around his shoulders. “My little daughter, Alvina!”
tte laughs. “I will not be a girl I will be…” he closes
I will do the butler things and bring you drinks and snacks.”
we?”
izza? I’ve been dying for pizza.”
as I take Alvin’s glass from his hand. “And a sippy cup for you, appa