I woke up to my phone ringing and quickly looked at it. I realized that I fell asleep while doing a home search online. I answered it while yawning, "hello?"
"Hey, its Elijah. Are you okay?"
I nodded, "yeah, sorry. I just woke up. The medication can cause drowsiness."
He let out a deep sigh, "I got some news." He paused, "Jayden's lawyer called."
I sat up quickly, "what'd she say?"
"He...he wants to meet, in person."
My heart skipped, "what? He wants to meet the kids in person? I don't think they're ready." I gulped, "I'm not ready."
"No," he groaned, "he wants to talk to the kids on facetime. He wants to meet YOU in person."
I shivered and fought not to cry, "why?"
"He said he will meet to our conditions if you just meet with him in person."
"So you and I will meet him."
"No...just the two of you."
I began crying, "NO! I can't! NO!" I cried harder, "I won't go anywhere near him, especially by myself!"
"But Will, if you don't we're going to go to court. Things could get really difficult if we do. He could win the kids, Will."
I trembled and choked back a loud cry, "there's got to be another way! Maybe...maybe I can talk to him after he talks to the kids. I can find a way to fix this."
He paused and my anxiety grew, "it's worth a try but don't get your hopes up." Elijah cleared his throat, "he will call on facetime at 7pm your time to talk with the kids. You can talk with him then."
"Okay, thanks Elijah. I'll let you know how it goes." I hung up and quickly jumped to my feet. I sprinted to the bathroom and barely made it to the toilet before I threw up. I sat on the floor and leaned against the nearby wall.
Images of that day flashed in my mind as I got sick again. I was shaking, crying, and on the verge of hyperventilating. He could attack me again. He could force me to stay. He could accidentally kill me. But he could take the kids if I don't do this. He might hurt them in my place. He could make it so I couldn't see them anymore.
I got sick again at the thought of losing them for good. Without those 3 kids, I couldn't live. They are my world.
Everything stopped going through my mind as my phone rang again. The name on the screen settled me slightly and I answered. "Hello?"
"Hey stranger," he said and made my entire body loosen. "How're things going?"
"Hey Hunt," I said as I let out a calming breath. "They're going okay. We might be able to settle everything out of court."
He let out a sigh of relief, "thank god. And he's going to agree to everything?"
I gulped hard, "I'm not sure yet." I let out a deep, shakey breath and tried to stop trembling. "Things have changed."
"What?"
"The twins..." I choked up, "they miss him and asked to talk him."
He was silent and I became nauseous with worry. "They miss that monster." I couldn't tell if he was asking or stating it, but I could hear his voice wavering with emotion. "You told them no, right?"
"Its not my right to make that choice for them. Elijah worked with his lawyer to set up a time for them to talk. He will be talking to them on facetime tonight."
"God, Will...he could warp their view of the situation."
"I know that, Hunt. But he's their parent and they..."
He scoffed loudly and I paused, "he's not a parent! He's a rapist!"
"I know that best, Hunter! I'm the one he raped!" I screamed before sobbing to the point I dropped the phone on the bed. "He raped ME! Don't act like you know! You're not a male Omega! You weren't forced by fate to love a psychotic dominant Alpha!" I took a hard breath and couldn't hold back my words. "You abandoned me and I couldn't do anything but stay with him! I didn't..." my body shook so bad that I couldn't finish my words. I cried harder than I had in a long time and felt a weird sensation in my gut.
"Will...Will!" Hunter yelled and I finally picked up the phone and put it to my ear.
"Hunt..."
"Don't," he insisted, "I was outta line." He took a few deep breaths, "I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking and just blurted it out. You...you didn't ask for any of this, I know that." He scoffed slightly, catching me off guard. "I think this is the first time you've told me your true feelings in years."
"Huh?"
He chuckled, "you're changing, Will. I can tell even when we can only talk on the phone. You're actually reflecting on this whole thing like..." he laughed, "well, like your old self."
My tears slowed down, "Hunt, I think the medication might be working."
He laughed hard, "thank god!"
I paused as my phone suddenly started vibrating. I looked to the name and felt butterflies in my stomach. "Emit's calling me. I'll call you in a few days, okay?"
He sighed, "fine, fine." I heard him smirk, "I love you, man."
I smiled, "I love you too." I hung up the phone and rushed to switch over to Emit's call. "Hey, why aren't you in school? Is everything okay?"
I heard him panting hard, "uncle...it...he...you talk. I can't."
I heard the phone moving and a heavily breathing voice fill the phone, "Will, its happened."
I fought not to cry again, "you're in heat?"
He groaned slightly, "it's a strong one too. Can you believe Emit was able to get me out of school before it even started? He just had a feeling."
"He really is perfect for you, huh?"
He sniffled, "he is. we won't be coming home tonight," he said in a shaking voice. "Are you sure you're okay with this? Us being a bonded pair?"
I snickered, "absolutely. Are you sure? It doesn't have to happen tonight if you're not ready."
He sniffled harder, "I've never wanted anything this much in my life." He lightly chuckled, "well except to stay with you and the kids."
I laughed before letting out a sigh, "don't rush it, okay? Make it special."
"I love you, Will."
I fought more tears, "I love both of you. Let me know when you're coming back. I'll let the school know."