Burned (book 5)

Everything happens for a reason

Amelia's p.o.v

Mom and Wolf jump up and grab Clara and lie her down on the floor carefully while we wait for a nurse or Dr. "Did you just say wife?" I ask. "Yes, Andy's wife and these are his children. Is my son okay? They called and said he was in an accident. Is she okay?" the man asks. "Can I speak to you in private?" dad asks him and he nods and they both walk away. Clara wakes up and we give her some water and sit her down on a chair as we wait for someone to help her. These humans take forever. "He's married, he has a wife. He lied to me Melly. It was all a lie" she links me. "Clara, calm down. You're pregnant." I link her back. Of course she does the opposite. She stands up "Hi, I am Clara. Andy was my boyfriend or so I thought. I had no idea he was married. This is our son, Andy Jr and I am currently pregnant with our second child" Clara tells them. I watch as Andy's mother's expression changes. "You whòre. You are a whòre. These are not my son's children." she yells. I stand up. Who does this lady think she is? Mom stops me before I approach and rip this old lady to shreds for calling Clara a whòre. Her son is the only whòre here. "Excuse me mam, there is no need to yell. This is not the place or the time. Those children are in fact Andy's. We all met him. He never mentioned a wife or other kids. He never wore a wedding ring either. We had no idea. We all trusted him and thought he was an honest man. This is not Clara's fault." Mom calmly tells the woman. I notice the wife look at Andy Jr and then looks over at Clara with a sad expression. "Get out of here, you people do not belong here. How can you support this home wrecker? I will not have you people come here and try to ruin my son's name. He was a good man. Loyal to his wife. He took care of his family." she says I notice the wife roll her eyes. Aha there's something else. She stands up to grab some water and I walk over to her and hand her a business card. "Contact me if you want talk to her" I say and help Clara grab her things and we walk out and wait for dad to come to the car. We will get her checked out at the pack clinic."I'm so sorry Clara." I say while she cries her eyes out. I hug her and Wolf keeps her pup occupied. Dad finally comes back and we go back to the pack house. We will all stay here tonight and tomorrow we can go back and pack our apartment up. I sigh. Clara is the sweetest person ever. She should not be going through this right now. We go home and set them up in a room on the Alpha floor. She asks me if I can stay with her and of course I do. I have to help her with little Andy right now. We get into our pjs and I put a movie and give him snacks. He sits and watches and I go comfort my sister. "How am I going to get passed his death and betrayal Melly? Finding out it was all a lie and now his family won't even recognize or want anything to do with his pups. My kids won't even have grandparents." she cries. "Clara, your pups already have grandparents. My parents love you and those pups like if we were all blood related. I am so sorry for what you are going through but your pups will never miss out on grandparent love if that is what you are worried about." I tell her. She hugs me and squeezes tight. She cries until she falls asleep. Little Andy falls asleep as well so I lay him on the bed next to his mommy. "Alpha Amelia, there is someone here at the gate looking for you" a guard links me. Who could be looking for me at this time? I put on my slippers and jog to the gate. I see a huge jeep parked there. The door opens and Miles jumps out. "Hey, what are you doing here? Why aren't you celebrating with your pack, Alpha?" I ask him. "I already celebrated with my pick, plus the only person I want to celebrate with left without saying goodbye so I had to come find her." he says. I stare at him. Why does it feel like no time has passed? All the feelings I have tried to forget come rushing back and I feel like that stùpid teenager so in love with the bad boy all over again. "Miles" I say, but he cuts me off. "It's not mine." He says and I stare at him confused. "You left thinking I was having a pup with someone else. Joy's pup is not mine." he says. I do not say anything. I already knew this, but it isn't my business. Why is he here? Why is he telling me all this? "I did something today that I should have done years ago. I finally rejected Joy." He says then sighs. "Her father didn't let her accept the rejection though" he says a bit angry. I just stay quiet, not knowing what to say. "I try not to regret things I do in life, but if there's one thing in life that I do regret is losing you Pinky" he tells me and my face heats up. "Want to go somewhere a little more private?" I ask him and he nods. We get in his car and he parks off the side of the road like a couple blocks down just so the guards won't overhear us. "Why didn't you ever answer me Melly? When I found out you lost our pup I went crazy. I was so angry and then you wouldn't take my calls or reply to my text messages. I thought you didn't want me anymore." he tells me. "Miles, you had just found your mate. The last thing I wanted to do was ruin your relationship. I hear that finding your mate and the mate bond is the most incredible feeling in the world. I wanted you to feel that. You derserve that and everything good in the world and I didn't want to risk you losing that because of me." I tell him. "It's really not what people make it out to be. Atleast for me it was the worst day of my life. The moon goddess made a mistake" he says. "Moon goddess makes no mistakes" I tell him. "You don't think you and I should have been mates?" he asks me. I shake my head. "It doesn't matter what I think. If we should have been mates then we would have been mates. Clearly we weren't meant to be, that is probably why our pup died. We were just two young kids holding on to some childhood relationship that we should have let go of a long time ago." I tell him. I quickly wipe the tears from my face. I hate talking about my pup. I hate that he died and I made myself think that it was because Miles and I are not suppossed to be together and it was a punishment for being together before turning 18 and for not waiting for our mates. "You don't mean that" he says and his voice breaks me. I decide to just be honest with him. "I don't, but I have tried to make myself believe that all of these years." I whisper. "This is all my fault" he says and shakes his head. "It's not Miles. Don't blame yourself for anything. It's no-one's fault. This is just the way things have to be. Everything happens for a reason" I tell him.