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Chapter 39 - CHAPTER 39

Fighter had stopped himself from coming to our house ans stayed in the woods itself while coming back . I had already started missing his soft fur . But none of this mattered because I heard a bigger shocking news . Something that we didn't even suspect would happen . All three of us gaped at Marge in utter shock . I think I represented all of us when I said , "WHAT!"

She looked down to the floor and took her hand away from mine . "I've been acting like a spy for them to know your movements from the time I started staying here . " We didn't even know how she ended up with those Happons . It was true that I hadn't seen her father so I could be confident that he wouldn't be a Happon.

I felt bad for Nathaniel too because he must be feeling used for the second time now. First when she left him just because Harvey became a werewolf , and now because of Happons . Cora spoke to Marge next . "We need to hear your explanation , as well as why you decided to confess now?"

That was indeed another part that confused me . Just the fact that she would have to meet a doctor wouldn't make her confess . She would've have even gone to a great extent to hide the pain she felt . Something serious was probably going on .

She started explaining everything to us . "My father is a Happon. He is a mafia and recklessly uses his powers to get more land to himself . I never liked this habit of his but I had to tolerate it . Mainly because I found out that I was a Happon myself. He threatened that he would say I was monster and leave me to the humans for me to be killed . My carving was hidden by him and I also didn't know how to use it so I was hopeless . Dad and Mom divorced , I started living with my mom , keeping what I was a secret from her . "

I kind of understood why it pained a lot when I looked into her life . Maybe Happons give away pain like that when someone looks into their minds . She looked like she was having a hard time recalling stuff . Maybe it was because it was full of bad one's , or she was starting to have the same problems as Beth . Maybe Jed didn't do anything to her , something was happening in this world that some people , or supernatural creatures to be precise , were starting to loose their memories .

In the dead silence , all of us waited for her to continue the story . "I went to dad last year not actually because of Harvey turning into a werewolf . Of course I couldn't sense that he was supernatural . I was really surprised because I only thought that you were different , didn't expect you to be in the same category as me . So I used the excuse of Harvey and Nath to go to dad's house because he contacted me . He told me that he was ready to give me my carving . "

If she had actually loved Nathaniel and their son , she would've let the carving be and not care about it . Was it that important ? "Was the carving that important to you ? Couldn't you live without it too ?" Nathaniel asked . I almost jumped at his voice because he was practically sitting in the darkest corner of the living room , on the floor . All of us had even forgotten that he was with us that we were a bit embarrassed .

"It is really important because if I don't have it , the pain I told you about will increase , also increasing it's speed of development . For example , My pain was very subtle at first , until I was 18 . It only increased year by year . Then after marriage it increased monthly . I only posted online and wanted everyone to think that I was happy and ok but my pain was increasing each week . Now it is hourly . I might die if it becomes too much for me to handle . The only way this can be solved is if I get my carving back . That was why I chose to help my father because he said that I would get it only if I did what I was asked to . "

This was quite believable and it was clearly visible how hard she was biting on her inner cheeks to take in the pain she felt . Now we knew how she became a Happon and a spy among our team . We couldn't necessarily call her evil because even I would've done that if I was in her place . But we still didn't know the cause of Bath's memory loss so we decided to go back home and check on her . But before that , I remembered another question that had crossed my mind before . "Then why did you confess now ?"

She had already laid down on the sofa because of the pain . The fact that I had to ask her questions when she wasn't in a good condition was bad enough but the answer she gave me was worse . " They started off by telling me to be a spy . But then they wanted me to do other things . "

"What kind of things?" She took a shaky breath and told me , " He wanted me to kill everybody close to you , including Nath . I couldn't do it so I warned you instead . I maybe controlled by a demon if they find out what I've done . But I'm sue that my carving had been used . Every time my carving is used , my pain's improvement increases . Someone used it again today and my pain started to increase hourly . But I have no idea how to find someone who used a carving !" She sounded fully hopeless but what she told struck my mind real hard . What if the carving WE had was hers? What if her pain increased because Warner had used the carving ?

"Don't worry Marge , I think we found our culprit , as well as your carving." Nobody understood what I meant by that because they hadn't seen the carving I had , well until now . We needed to find Warner ASAP .