Chapter 261

Chapter 0261 She nodded and stared down at her hands, tugging her fingers nervously. I knew it was now or never, I needed to ask her the question weighing on my mind.

1 “What exactly did you see earlier, Irene?” I asked. “You said you saw Judy shooting him?”

She nodded and turned to face the.

“She did it on purpose.”

I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair. I knew Judy and I knew she would never hurt spite.

“She wouldn’t do that,” I murmured, shaking my head.

Irene folded her arms across her chest and glared at me.

“She can’t be trusted, Daddy,” Irene stated simply.

“What do you have against Judy?”

She blinked a few times like she was trying to adjust her eyes.

“What?” She asked.

Matt, especially out of “You used to be friends,” I reminded her. “Then you found out she’s mated with your fiancé. That can’t be all that happened.

What do you have against her?”

“She was never my friend,” Irene murmured. “She lied to me and betrayed me.”

“Her only crime was not telling you the truth about her and Ethan’s past.”

“She still wants him...” Irene complained. “Ethan told me that-”

“Ethan also lied to you, Irene,” I told her firmly. “If you are to be mad at Judy, then you should be just as mad at him as well. It’s not fair to her that you are treating her like she did something wrong. She didn’t want to hurt you, that’s why she didn’t tell you.

There’s nothing more to the story than that.”

“But...” she tried to say, but I held up my hand.

“I need you to lay off her, Irene,” I said, narrowing my eyes at my daughter. “It’s not healthy for either of you to keep this grudge going. Matt was injured badly-”

“That wasn’t my fault!” She said quickly.

“I’m not saying it was, but for right now, we need to start thinking about him and not about our selfishness,” I told her. “Do you think you can get over yourself for the sake of your brother? He’s going to need you these next few weeks while I’m gone, and I’d like to leave knowing your head is in the right place.”

She sucked her bottom lip into her mouth and stared at the ground. She said nothing for a while, but then she sighed and nodded “Okay,” she whispered.

“So, tell me. What did you see?” I asked again, hoping her answer would be different this time. She was quiet for a moment, still fixing her eyes on the ground but then she lifted her gaze to look at mine, tears filling her blue eyes. “It was a mistake,” she whispered. “Judy was the one who pulled the bow back and shot the arrow into his leg, but she was looking at the target. Her timing was off... I don’t think she would hurt him on purpose.”

12 Chapter 0261 +25 BONUS I sighed and nodded; I needed to speak to Judy and make sure she was okay. Now that I knew with certainty that Matt was okay, my anger was subsiding and now all I felt was worried. It was strange, but it was bubbling inside me and seconds away from boiling over.

“I’m going to sleep now. Goodnight,” Irene said as she left the parlor.

I grabbed my phone and dialed Judy’s number. It went straight to voicemail; that didn’t surprise me. So, I called Leroy instead. I knew he must have taken her home.

“Hello, Alpha,” Leroy greeted me on the other end.

“Leroy,” I replied. “Has Judy made it home?”

“Yes,” Leroy said. “But then she left again.“–

“What do you mean she left?” I asked, my wolf officially on edge again.

“I mean she got into another car, and it drove off.”

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