The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 170

I couldn’t get away from Iris fast enough.

She probably felt I was being very rude. Vaguely, from somewhere far away, a little voice in my head told me that this episode wasn’t going to be great for my relationship with her. But I had to get somewhere private right away regardless.

I just needed a moment to breathe. To be by myself and think about what she’d just told me.

io she described. Over and over. Many times.

ar… the words and actions of this person…

she told me the story, too. I believed that she was being truthful.

that preceded her shooting. Iris thought Scarlet inexplicably said, “Red.”

ed into an extreme rage.

hat name!” – I heard those words so many times over the years.

nge little sequence of events that Iris recalled… it only made sense if my father was the man in question.

, with Ir

the head, and left her somewhere for dead.

ht that I’d been numbed

dn’t know he was capable of killing.

d, I was thirteen and living in my f

my father was guilty of crimes more severe than I thought him capable of.

e not been the only culprit involved in her killing, but he was there. He shouldered blame. And he pulled the trigger on a gun while it was pressed against a young woman’s head.

ly.

rrible.

d from my interview with Iris, I found my husband reclined on our bed, cradling Lexi in the crook of one arm. She was asleep, and he was just gazing down at her. Admiring her while she snoozed peacefully. I wondered how long he’d been

careful with our little baby girl. I loved to watch him with her.

ot up slowly. He took the baby into the nursery and put her down in the crib so she co

y, and appreciated that.

ell, not rea

’t go well with Iris? What did she d

all about your mother’s death, Alex. And her shooting. She told me everything.”

ot beside me to ask my husband to come and join me.

inue.

“didn’t make sense.”

actually be the one who pulled the trigger on an innocent witness. I just didn’t know he could do that.”

e turned to look at me, his honey-gold eyes were soft.

e sure. But believe it.” I nodded sadly. “And, Alex, I’m so so

Alexander

.

d have been a satisfying revelation turned out to be only a heartbreaking confirmation of something I’d pretty much already known. And the culprits implicated we

a.

apologize.” I took hold of both her hands. “You’re not responsible for your

w. And Alex, nothing I can say or do could ever undo the pain he caused. But I’m sorry, my love. I may not have been involved, but I still must apologize on my family’s behalf. I’m so deeply sorry for what he did to you and yours.”

o me.

g of closure.

justify my uncle’s actions. Or my own. It was still wrong to kill him. All that did was hurt you and put us all at risk. I’m so sorry too, baby.”

d squeezed my hands. “I accept your apology. But, as you say, we’re not responsible for our family member’s actions. It was wron

ss. “I love you,” I whispered in

ine.

a hand on her thigh and began to run it up her body, Lexi started crying.

had a special talent for interruptin

get her.” I gave Fion

She began to quiet down as soon as I picked her up, making gentle shushing noises and bringing her in close to my chest. She just wanted to be held.

o I could look down at her sweet face.

e eyes. I felt like they saw right thro

so strange. So strange and so unlikely that it would all t

nd then my uncle killed her father.

, along ca

e hair, and Fiona’s father’s pale blue eyes.

tence was s

And she was an angel

was a mirac