Page 118 of Surprise Mother Pucker

I blinked for a moment, staring at my twin sister, trying to compute what she had just said. The desire to make sure that Kennedy's name was cleared had been weighing on me for the last few days. I had been clueless about how to help her, but that didn’t stop the alpha in me from going insane, demanding that the situation needed to be fixed.

“What do you mean?” I asked, almost too scared to believe her words.

“The university was refusing to give you guys the library footage, right? Well, I think I know why. Turns out, Lorna's mother works for the university. As soon as we realized that,we knew this whole situation was going to be that much harder to solve, so Beth and I had a little conversation and put a plan together.”

“Please explain. Now.”

How did I not know that Lorna’s mother worked for the university? Nepotism would be an obvious reason for her not getting into trouble.

“Well, I am known for being the sister of the famous Storm Sanderson,” she declared. “And two days ago, I just happened to be at the university rink, going to that charming little coffee shop next door, and you'll never guess who I ran into.”

I sighed. “What did you do? If you assaulted her, that's not going to help Kennedy's case.”

Her mouth dropped open. “I did not assault her. Don't get me wrong—I really wanted to, but I do have some self-restraint, brother.”

“Could have fooled me,” I huffed.

“I struck up a conversation, and I may have told Lorna I wasn’t happy with my brother’s choice of partner—it was complete bullshit, of course, but she had no idea.”

“You were pretty convincing,” Beth agreed, lifting her coffee cup to her lips and taking a slow sip.

“Anyway, Beth here was at the rink, because she’s a skater, and just so happened to be sitting nearby and recording.”

“Sunny called me beforehand, so I made sure I was close but not conspicuous.”

Sunny laughed. “Lorna really isn't that intelligent. She seemed so eager to tell me about how she got rid of the disgusting omega who was bringing my brother down. Honestly, Storm, I felt dirty just listening to her and agreeing with her, and I owe Kennedy so many cupcakes for that!” She pouted.

“So, wait, let me get this straight. You were friendly with Lorna? When was this?”

“Oh! Two days ago. That's why I couldn't come see Kennedy while she was giving birth, because I was too busy trying to secure the evidence to clear her name. We have audio recordings of Lorna admitting to planting drugs in Kennedy’s bag because she didn’t like that you chose her.”

“Do you think that’ll be enough to make the university check the footage?” I asked. “Given Lorna’s mother, will that be enough?” I wanted to believe that this was the golden ticket we needed, that it would do the trick and solve all our problems. But given the series of events thus far, I wasn't sure.

“That's where Bethany's friend comes in.” Sunny smirked. “You see, Bethany teaches the daughter of a very good lawyer.”

Bethany nodded. “When I told him about the situation, he was rightfully pissed. So, he booked a meeting with the head of student advisors, and you and he will be going there together.”

“In about twenty minutes,” Sunny said, checking her phone time. “He’ll be here any minute.”

Gideon Nobel was a dominating man. Standing tall in an immaculate suit, with his hair perfectly styled, he looked like the very picture of professionalism.

He shook my hand. “It’s nice to meet you, Storm. Bethany’s told me a bit about your situation, and I’m happy to help. How is your omega?”

“Stressed. The university filed a report, and that triggered a visit from child protective services. As you can imagine, that’s not good for an omega a day or two before giving birth.”

“Did the delivery go okay?”

“Thankfully, she’s recovering with the rest of our pack now.”

He nodded. “Good. Okay, I’ve been filled in on all the details, so let’s go, our meeting is soon.”

Gideon and I were the only two going to the meeting. It was a good thing, considering the girls probably would have gotten violent—in that cute way omegas did—and that wouldn’t have helped anyone.

The head of student affairs was surprisingly young. I don't know why, but I had imagined an older person holding such a high position at the university. The guy sitting behind the desk could have only been about thirty years old, at most.

“Storm Sanderson?” he asked with a frown, peering at me through his horn-rimmed glasses. “I thought my meeting was with Sunny.” His lips pursed, and his body had been tense since the moment we entered the office, like he knew exactly what we were there regarding. It also helped that Gideon gavedon’t fuck with meenergy. “If this is regarding the case of Kennedy Brown, I can't discuss that at this time,” he said tightly.

Gideon cleared his throat. “Oh, I completely appreciate that. Only, I thought you would like to know that I have evidence that the drugs were planted on Kennedy. I have an audio recording of Lorna Jones admitting that she did it because she is infatuated with Storm Sanderson.”

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