Hayes’ has a good deal of money, but her pack has way more influence as well. Would she really do something crazy to hurt my pack? If tonight is any indicator, there’s no doubt in my mind that she would do whatever it takes to ruin us just because we embarrassed her.
Shit. I should have taken the high road, and put my pride to the side. The sickening feeling of something happening to my pack because I’m related to this woman is nearly overwhelming.
“Say it,” Sterling mumbles, and my brows furrow as I glance to him and then Nate.
Nate’s tone is low, but clear enough for us all to hear.
“You do anything to my pack, fucking anything, and I’ll release all the copies of Clinton’s transgressions. He’ll go to jail, you’ll be ruined, bogged down with so much legal bullshit you won’t be able to breathe,” Nate seethes and I glance at him, I’ve never seen him this serious, and damn if it doesn’t have me turned on.
Erin glances at me and back at Nate.
“You’re lying,” Erin seethes.
“I guess we could call Clinton’s firm and find out,” Nate says, his voice deadly and steadfast. I do my best not to perfume; now is certainly not the time.
“We’ll stay out of your way, and you’ll stay out of ours,” Lenny demands.
Nate looks at the both of them. “You’ll never reach out to me or Hailey again.”
She purses her lips, clearly pissed off she didn’t get her way, but whatever Nate has on Clinton, it’s big enough to make them both back down.
“Fine,” my mom snaps, pulling away from Lenny and storming off in the opposite direction.
There’s no last word to be said. There’s so much I could say, so much more I’d like to get off my chest, but this is where things have to end. Our relationship is gone.
It’s a relief just as much as it is sad. The person who brought me into this world could care so little about me.
I vow then, when I have my own children, they’ll never know what this feels like, that they’ll always know that they’re loved.
Sterling is nearly shaking with fury, his mouth in a hard line, as I grab his hand and squeeze, giving him some reassurance.
Hayes claps his hands together once.
“Well, that table fell apart pretty quickly. What do ya say we head home?”
“Please, let’s get the fuck out of here,” Sterling says, not letting go of my hand.
“What does Nate have on their pack?” I whisper.
“We’ll talk about it as soon as we get home,” Sterling says, his protectiveness over all of us on an all-time high, and I eat up every second of it.
CHAPTER 33
HAILEY
The moment we’re home,after stopping to get McDonalds, at Hayes’ request, which in retrospect was genius, I’m ready for Nate and Sterling to tell me everything.
Hayes is eating his second Big Mac at the counter as I look over at my two Alphas.
“So…you blackmailed your way out of their pack?”
“I had too. I wanted to leave even before I even found you in the bathroom. But that was the last straw for me,” Nate says.
“Yes, before that. He knew he needed something to hold over their heads to get out of there. I told him he should snoop around and see what he can find. With a pack full of so many high profile Alphas, there was no doubt in my mind that they were hiding shit,” Sterling says.
“So you found something on Clinton?” I question.
“Actually, no, I found out the pack was filing their taxes incorrectly. The threat of tax evasion was enough for them to cut me loose, along with your mother being jealous of how I reacted to you perfuming. But the information I have on Clinton was a backup plan,” Nate says.
