Chapter 2.43

I knocked lightly and was startled how quickly the door was opened. Shannon stared at me in shock and seemed unable to speak.

"I hope I'm not disturbing you."

She shook her head, "we both have today off, so you didn't disturb anything."

I gulped and held my breath, "if possible, I really need to talk to you and Hunter."

She looked behind her towards the inside of the house. "Uh, I'm not sure if Hunter is up for that. He had treatment yesterday so he's pretty worn out."

I let out a breath, "would tomorrow work?"

"We both work tomorrow. Maybe next week."

I looked down to Addie as tears welled, "we are moving tomorrow night." I met her gaze and saw her face change to worry, "I just wanted to clear the air before we go."

She opened the door and I slowly went inside. Shannon led me to an area of couches, "let me go get him."

As she left, I pulled Addie into my chest as she began to doze off. I rubbed her back and rocked gently side to side. I began humming a song she liked and fought tears.

When I heard two set of feet coming down the stairs, relief and fear filled me. I looked to Hunter and saw how twisted his face was with anger. He sat across from me on a small two person couch and Shannon sat beside him.

"What do you want?" Hunter hissed and Shannon smacked his arm.

"Will's child is clearly about to fall asleep. Keep your voice down."

He rolled his eyes before staring me down and I fought my instinct to look away. "I just wanted to see both of you. I don't want to leave without saying anything again."

"Well you waited to the last damn minute to say something."

I nodded and closed my eyes, "we didn't know we were leaving until last night."

"Did something happen?"

I nodded again and looked to Shannon, "the kids and I are moving."

"And that Alpha?"

I choked up slightly before taking a deep breath. "He's getting married Friday."

"You're getting married?"

I scoffed slightly before shaking my head, "no, I'm not the one he chose to marry."

"But Elijah said he was engaged! Why is he marrying someone else?!"

I let out a sigh and wiped my face as tears escaped. "Marrying a male Omega will ruin his social image. So he chose not to tell me that I was just going to be a mistress. He's marrying that female Alpha from the pictures."

Hunter let out an angry breath, "do the kids know?"

"Chase and his boyfriend know. I don't think I can tell the twins without directing attention to us. I will tell them tomorrow afternoon."

"Where is he now?"

I looked to Hunter with confusion, "Chicago."

Hunter pulled out his phone and Shannon looked to it and watched what he was doing. She suddenly let out a huff, "you're planning to fly there?!"

My heart squeezed as Hunter grunted in response to Shannon, "of course! I'm not going to let him get away with this! He deserves to be beaten to death!"

I smiled sadly to him, "it's okay. He's not worth it."

Shannon let out a sigh, "so where are you moving? A few hours away like last time?"

"Not exactly," I replied quietly. "Elijah has set up a place for the kids and I to start over in California."

"Cailfornia?!" Hunter yelled, but kept it slightly quiet so Addie didn't wake up. "That's on the other side of the country!"

"Then we can't see you but every once in a while." Shannon whispered with a shaking voice.

I gulped down my feelings, "that's why I wanted to see you. I couldn't bring the kids here with me todat, but maybe we can call you once we get to our new place." I looked to Addie as she shifted on my shoulder. "I'm not going to let him bother my kids anymore. Enough is enough."

"You know he's going to look for you."

I nodded, "I always find a way to hide." I looked down to my phone and saw the time. "I need to get going. I want to say goodbye to Cam and Sean." They both stood and Shannon hugged me.

"Be safe, Will." She whispered, "could I hold your little one?"

Hunter watched me as Shannon took Addie and held her gently. When he moved towards me, I froze and worried if I would get hit. His arms wrapped around me and I quickly clung to him. I began crying violently as I squeezed the back of his shirt in my hands.

"I'm sorry," I whispered in gasps, "I'm so sorry. For everything! I didn't want things to happen like this."

Hunter took a deep breath, "I love you, Will."

I cried harder and shook in his grasp, "I love you too." When I gained my composure, I let go of him and took Addie. I slowly made my way to the car and began driving to Cam and Sean's house.

Cam and Sean were upset to find out what was happening but agreed to take in Emit and Chase if they chose to stay here. When we left, I went to pick up the twins before going home. When we got to the house, I was relieved to see Chase and Emit setting up for dinner at the table. As a family, we ate dinner as the kids informed us about their time with Willow.

After the kids went to bed, I met Chase and Emit down in the living room. They were sitting cuddled up together on the couch and separated when I came in.

I sighed, "you don't have to change just because I come in. It's okay to act like a couple." I sat in the small chair nearby, "we will be leaving faster than planned. Elijah bought plane tickets for tomorrow night."

Chase cleared his throat, "so we talked about your proposition last night," he said before taking Emit's hand. "We want to go with you. We know it would be easier to stay to end the year, but we can't imagine staying without you or letting you struggle alone."

I smiled to them, "are you both sure?" They nodded to me, "thank you both for helping so much. But... uh...can I ask you for one more thing?"

"Name it," Emit replied with a smile.

"Could you two watch the kids tonight? I have something I need to do."

"Go do what you need to do. We will be here."

I kissed them both on the head before going upstairs. I changed into some nicer clothes, similar to those I wore when I went out with Cam and Sean. I went to the car and drove to a place I had not been to since the twins were born. I parked and took a few deep breaths before going to the back door of the building.

I knocked on the back door and was startled by how quickly it opened. The giant looked to me with shock and his mouth gaped open. I smiled to him, "hey, Vance. Remember me?"