Chapter 84
84 – After I Was Humiliated
Madeline:
“And look at her! Her daughter is a liar, just like her,” Eugenia shouted, pointing at my child.
Gina started crying, and Bodhi clung to me tightly.
“Don’t talk to my daughter like that,” I managed to say, my voice shaking with anger.
“Mom, she’s just a child. And children don’t lie,” Baxter said, turning to his mother. “Why did you wait for me to leave to talk to her? What did you even say to her p>
Baxter standing up for me shocked everyone, especially me.
But of course, he should have. It was his fault that I was here being humiliated in the first place.
“Of course they lie,” Yuvonne snapped. “Children lie when their mothers tell them to, when they teach them to lie p>
She slammed her hand on the table and stood up after watching Baxter defend me and my children.
Even Baxter’s eyes widened at her reaction.
“Okay, everyone, just calm down. Maybe we should try to fix this issue,” Karla said, panicking.
She was the one who started it all, and now she could see Baxter getting worked up.
Eugenia, however, was smirking, probably because she wanted the night ruined.
But it was Karla and Yuvonne’s fault from the start.
“Maybe you’re talking about yourself,” I snapped at Yuvonne.
She turned to me, one eyebrow raised.
“ I remember how Karla used to encourage you to lie,” I said, watching Karla start to rise, ready to argue.
“No, don’t even try to defend your actions,” I told her sharply. “You were a horrible mother and stepmother. And your daughter is right, it’s a mother’s fault when her kids turn out messy. Yuvonne learned it from you p>
My fists clenched as both women stared at me, suddenly shocked to be on the receiving end for once.
“Do you not see it? Do you not see how she’s talking to me?” Yuvonne hissed, pointing at me while speaking to Baxter.
“You wanted your sister here,” Baxter yelled at her. “And now you’re acting like she came here just to ruin your night p>
Yuvonne folded her arms across her chest.
“I wanted my sister here out of the goodness of my heart. But she came and started saying things that made me feel like a useless person. Aren’t you going to ask her why she chose to be so messy? Why she said all the wrong things p>
She was still talking when Bodhi spoke.
“I don’t want to come here ever again. I don’t like this place. I don’t like these people,” he murmured.
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His voice was so low it was barely audible, but Baxter heard it and so did everyone else.
I turned and hugged Bodhi tightly, carrying him as I tried to leave, but Yuvonne wasn’t done.
“Take your kids and leave!” she shouted.
As soon as she said that, Bodhi started to cry even louder, and that was it.
Before Baxter could say anything, I put Bodhi down and walked from the table toward Yuvonne.
When I reached her, I slapped her so hard the sound echoed through the room.
Everyone gasped. Yuvonne fell onto the table, right into the red crab sauce.
It smeared across her face, hair, and dress.
“Oh, what the fuck?” she stammered, barely able to stay upright as her mother grabbed her to help.
My father rushed forward but stayed silent.
Then Karla stepped out from behind her daughter, raising her hand to strike me.
But my wolf, Lena, caught her hand.
“You will not touch me again. Enough is enough,” Lena growled.
It wasn’t me speaking, it was her. Her voice was deep and frightening, even to me.
“She has a wolf!” my father growled, announcing the news as everyone gasped.
In the heat of the moment, I didn’t realize what was happening.
Karla looked terrified. She stepped away from me, raising her hand as if to warn me not to come any closer.
“Come on, Madeline, let’s leave,” Baxter said as he came up behind me, grabbing my arms to pull me back.
He wrapped one arm around me, and I paused just long enough to lift Bodhi into my arms.
Baxter let go so he could carry Elara and Gina, and together we stormed out of the house.
Outside, I wanted to stop him from carrying the
dren, but doing so would have left me waiting for a car.
I knew the night was dangerous, and there was no way I could walk home with my kids.
Ordering a cab wasn’t an option either, most drivers were reckless to omegas or new people.
Once the kids were settled in the back seat, I climbed into the passenger seat, and Baxter drove us away.
I saw Yuvonne run out of the house, trying to get his attention, maybe to tell him not to worry about me, was too late. Baxter had already driven off.
Halfway down the road, her name kept flashing on his phone as she called again and again.
None of us spoke, and he didn’t answer. I watched him end each call as soon as it came through.
When we finally reached the hotel suite, I told the children to go inside.
Before Baxter could follow, I turned to face him.
“Come on, let’s go inside and talk,” he said quietly, noticing I was about to ask him to leave.
but it
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Because the moment I arrived, I noticed Kaylee coming out of her suite, sneaking around, probably trying to gather information.
With a stern look and a silent warning, I went back into my suite.
As soon as I stepped inside, I realized I needed to take care of my kids before even talking to Baxter.
I expected him to be gone by the time I got them ready for bed.
However, the moment I laid them down, Elara’s question stopped me.
“Mommy, did we have a sibling?” Elara asked softly.
“Did you really run away because you didn’t want our sibling?” Bodhi asked, his voice filled with confusion. I took a deep breath and swallowed hard.
“And Mommy, why do your parents hate you so much?” Gina continued to question.
Their words pulled me back to the time I spent with my family.
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