Page 243 of His White Moonlight
I stepped around Mrs.Shane and left with Mom.
She kept it together until we were in the car then unleashed her outrage in a verbal deluge.
“How dare she try to threaten you with those pictures again!They’ve pushed too far.I don’t care if they do disown their daughter.They’re never coming back from this.I will spend every penny we have to make them pay.I’ll haunt them for the rest of their lives.”
She pressed a button on her steering wheel.
“Call Bennett.”
The phone started to ring through the speaker.
“Um, maybe you shouldn’t be driving mad,” I said just as Bennett picked up.
“What’s wrong?Are you okay, Wrenly?”
“I’m fine.Mom’s mad.”
“Use whatever resources you need to add more pressure on the Shanes.If they don’t use that room tomorrow at seven to announce they’ve severed all ties with their daughter, I want them to wake up to an eviction on their house.”
“What happened?”
“That woman tried to use those pictures to coerce Wrenly into speaking with her in private.”
“I didn’t,” I said quickly so Bennett wouldn’t start freaking out too.“I stayed with Mom.”
“Good girl.”
I blinked at the tone in which the praise had been delivered and felt an immediate flush consume my body.
Mom sniffed.All the anger evaporated from her body as she glanced at me with a smile.
“We’ll be back in fifteen minutes,” Mom said before hanging up.
I rolled down my window and let the wind clear out whatever Mom had smelled and my growing worry.Why had I reacted like that?When did Bennett’s praise start to matter?Why was I even worried?
My state of confused apprehension lasted all the way to the office, where Mom watched me hesitate to get out of the car after she opened the door.
“Do you want to talk about it?”she asked.
“Yes, but I’m not even sure what’s bothering me.All I know is that I don’t want to face Bennett right now.”
“Why?”
“Because I think he’s going to go too far and I won’t hate it.”Admitting the truth didn’t make me feel any better.
She gently tugged me out of the car and hugged me.“My poor sweetheart.It’s not easy dealing with an obsessed mate.Especially when they’re so good at being loving after the initial insanity settles down.”
“Has it settled down?He still sleeps with me at night and wants to touch me all the time.”
“That’s normal, not insanity.The insanity was not telling you the truth, stealing your bed, hoarding your old clothes, and sending his brothers away.”
She withdrew as she said the last part and caught my frown.
“He told them to come back.They’re waiting for you to reach out to them, though.”
I snorted.“I’m not going to invite them back into my life.They left because Bennett told them to, despite what I needed.If they want back in, they can earn it.I’m not going to beg for it.”
“Can I let them know that?”
