Lamar:
"What a bitch! Did you guys just see that?" I heard Sydney’s comment and raised my head to see what was bothering her now.
I just knew something had offended her. Everyone nodded, but then I turned my head all the way to the back, where my frenemies sat.
I don’t even know what to call them. It just seems like I like hanging around those misfits because I’m one too.
Then I realized Lucy and Gavin looked confused—the seat beside them was empty. I wasn’t sure what had happened between Gavin and Lucy after my fight with Gavin. Had they rejected each other or not? I didn’t care.
But Helanie was gone.
"She must be dying to poop," someone commented, clearly trying to appease Sydney. I watched Lucy get up to check on Helanie, and Jenny started to follow, but her brother was quick to grab her wrist and force her back down without even looking at her.
I had a very bad feeling about it.
I managed to get out of my seat too, rushing towards the door and stepping outside. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
"Lamar, you too?" Sydney complained, but I was already in the hallway when I spotted Professor Emmet standing there, his back turned as if he was looking at something. He must have seen Helanie. Where did she go?
I had a feeling that if Professor Emmet saw me going after Helanie, he would stop me. So I changed my route and hid behind the wall until he had re-entered the classroom. That’s when Lucy couldn’t leave the room anymore.
But I walked freely, running towards the end of the hallway and looking around. Helanie was nowhere to be seen.
I was worried.
"Dammit, answer your phone." I called her several times, but there was no response. Was she well? We should have let her rest for the day.
My heart was pounding hard. She was pregnant and far too ignorant of her own health.
I had a bad feeling that she might have gotten herself into trouble again.
’Why the heck do we care?’ My wolf finally woke up and questioned me.
’I just don’t know,’ I answered him, hoping he would understand.
’She’s quite sweet, isn’t she?’ Marl had never felt this kind of compassion for anyone except our family. But he wasn’t wrong—Helanie was different.
’Let’s find her and hope she’s fine.’ I knew that if Helanie were in trouble, Marl would feel terrible about it.
It wasn’t sexual tension or anything like that. Nothing of the sort. It was more like—
’Family.’
Marl said it perfectly.
’She feels like family, doesn’t she?’ he was right. She did feel like family, and I couldn’t understand why.
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