Chapter 272
0272
(Lily POV)
After I arrived back at Black Moon, I met Charlotte for a quick lunch. We then headed to the dungeon visiting room together, where Evelyn was already chained to a table waiting for us. Like Stephanie and Sheila, she was being taken good care of, but she nevertheless looked awful.
“How are you, Evelyn?” I asked.
“As good as can be expected, being this pregnant and in here,” she sighed.
“You wanted to meet with us?” I asked politely.
“Yes, thank you. I know it may seem crazy for me to reach out to you after everything that happened, but
my wolf trusts you. And Charlotte, Sammy talks so highly of you every time he comes to see me.”
For the briefest moment, I half wondered if we were in the right visiting room. This was not the Evelyn
that called me and Charlotte wh ores as recently as her trial. This Evelyn seemed very, very different.
“What is going on, Evelyn?” Charlotte asked.
Evelyn sighed. “This pup is going to be arriving soon, and I need a plan. I originally thought that he would
go live with his father in Canada, but when I wrote Andrew, I got a letter back saying that Andrew was
also in custody here?”
I nodded. “Yes.”
“And he isn’t getting out any time soon, just like me?”
“Correct. He has been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.”
Evelyn wiped a tear from her cheek. “I am really, really sorry. I…”
“Where is all of this coming from, Evelyn? Why the sudden change in attitude?”
Evelyn looked away. “I don’t know. I think maybe it is just the reality finally hitting me. I have a pup out
there, who can only see his mommy behind bars, and I have another one on the way who will not be able
to have a normal relationship with either of his parents. And for what? Some petty jealousy?”
The sincerity in Evelyn’s words floored me.
She wiped a few more tears from her face, as Charlotte and I continued to stare at her, unsure how to
respond.
“Look,” she said. “I heard that there are a couple of mothers at West Mountain Pack that have pups. I need to make a plan for this pup, and I was wondering what they are doing with theirs.”
I frowned. “Well, Evelyn, every situation is different. For example, my sister’s pup -” I paused, feeling guilty that I was not saying “our sister’s” is being raised by his human father in Europe. He has always been primarily raised by his father, and Stephanie does not have much interest in him, so we have decided to let him stay there. When he turns 14, though, he will have to come back to our pack. We have contacted his father, and he has agreed.
Antonio agreed only after James threatened to bring down his operation with some of the information that learned from Derek Ab bott’s wolf, but still… he agreed.
“What about the other one?” Evelyn asked.
“Neither set of grandparents is in a position to take Sheila’s-pup in, and both parents are serving dungeon sentences, so that pup will be adopted by our beta couple.”
“They can’t have pups of their own?” she asked, as though she already knew the answer.
I shook my head. “No. At least they do not think they can.”
Seriously, either Evelyn is the most amazing guesser on the planet, or the dungeon news feed is even
better than I realized.
“Evelvo
“What do you think I should do with my asked.
“We can’t answer that for you, Evelyn,” I responded. “You need to make that decision. We can help you, but that is really your decision and what you think would be best.”
Evelyn put her head down on the table. I could not tell if she was frustrated or angry or sad or what was
going on.
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