Dirty Little Secret

Visits and Closure

Nicolas' POV

I wring my hands in my lap nervously as I look out the window, my lip caught between my teeth as I chew on it. Our amazing date night was a week ago and every day since then has been a flurry of building great memories with my new family and growing ever more closer to my chosen family.

I feel Jace grab my hand and I attempt to smile even as my lips struggle to hold their shape.

Jason stops at a stop light before turning his head towards me, his brows frowning in worry as he watched me with those kind reading eyes of his.

"What's wrong, runt? We don't have to do this." He tells me for the hundredth time and I glare at him, a little fed up with him trying to give me an out.

"Jace, I said I wanted to do this, so let me do it. I'm not just a sensitive Omega." I snap at him, turning away from him just as the light turns green. Almost immediately I feel guilt rise within me but before I can open my mouth to apologize, Jace beats me to the punch.

"You're right. I'm sorry, okay? I shouldn't keep trying to protect you or change your mind after you've already made it up." He tells me before lifting my hand so he can kiss the back of it tenderly. "I'll be right here if you need me." He promises and I can feel the tension leaving my body, relieved that I don't have to worry about just getting to the place, the daunting reality of the visit already scary enough.

I squeeze his hand back before going to gaze out the window again, anxiety threatening to pool in my stomach and make me throw up the little lunch I was able to force down.

In less than five minutes however, we arrive at the prison where they're holding the people I've called my parents for my entire life.

When we get to the facility and enter the building the first thing they do is search us and our bodies swiftly but thoroughly before allowing us to pass. Once we check in and get the information we need, I find the two of us sitting on one side of a sheet of glass, the other side empty except for a seat. Not even a minute later though, someone walks into view.

It's Shannon.

I watch with wide eyes as handcuffs click around her wrist, the sound of the chains that connect her cuffs to her feet make me shiver in fear.

A part of me hates seeing her chained up like this, but I know that I can't do anything for her. She's the only who did this to herself, and to me. Prison is the only thing she deserves.

And still I cower away, leaning into Jace as she takes her seat, Benny whimpering as she sits down.

   I pick up the phone and hold it to my ear, my hands shaking slightly as I do, and I watch with unstopped tears as she picks her up too.

  "Hi, m-" I stop halfway through calling her mom, recognizing that the title doesn't belong to her anymore, and I watch as her eyes lower making me whimper.

    "Benny, don't tell me that you let them take you from me. It's all a big misunderstanding okay?" She tells me, and I see her eyes flash for a moment before her wolfbane cuffs make her eye return to normal.

   "It's not a misunderstanding. I've seen the pictures and the dates of everything. I even saw your medical records. We got a DNA test done and we know the truth, Shannon. I was never your son, just a victim of your craziness." I tell her, my lip wobbling but I don't back down even as she growls at me with narrower eyes.

   Her gaze doesn't stay on me for long, but turns towards Jace who stands at my side unmoving, an unwavering wall of support, his eyes tuning in into the conversation.

    "It's all your fault. I knew that you were doing something behind my back. You've been trying to take your own brother away from me and ended up destroying our entire family. I should have let them drag your ass to jail last year when I had the chance." She snarls into my ear and red hot answer flows through me at her words.

   "This isn't Jace's fault it's yours! Jace was the only person who didn't baby me or made me feel weak and stupid. He protected me and helped me when no one else would. He was a better pretend brother than you were a mother. I hope you rot." I tell her angrily, almost screaming at the end. It's one thing for her to talk about me but I won't let her blame Jace when it's her stupid self that got us all here in the first place.

   Before she can react, I hand the phone up and turn away to bury my face into Jace's stomach and one of his hands falls to rub my back allowing me to draw confront and strength from him.

   After a minute or so he taps me. "They took her away runt. Are you okay?" He asks me, soft finger playing with my hair on the back of my neck and I shiver from the touch before nodding my head.

    "A part of me knew she would act like that. I guess I was hoping to say goodbye and get some answers." I tell him, getting up to leave, but he stops me.

   "That's why we didn't just ask to see mom today. There's someone who we can still talk to." He says before pointing behind me and I turn to see Logan, the man who I called dad my whole life, stands there in front of the plexiglass with weed tears streaming down his face. "Come on. Let's see what he has to say."

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I don't know how you guys will feel about this chapter because I don't even know how I feel, but guys I'm sorry to say that it's official. There are 5 more chapters left in this book.

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