HOLDING ON (Revised)

Chapter 4

*Chapter 4*

*Alli*

Things with Matthew were complicated, and I knew that I would eventually have to deal with him and how I felt about him, but right now, I was going to focus on surviving.

Screaming from somewhere in the house made me shoot out of bed and go to check on Alexander and Isabelle. Once I confirmed they were still asleep and safely tucked in bed, I went to investigate. I met Macy in the hallway, her eyes wide.

"What the hell?" Macy said as a woman continued to scream at someone.

"What the hell is happening? We have kids sleeping in this house," I said, rounding the corner. The lady from the funeral was standing in the entryway, Matthew blocking her from coming any further into the house.

"If you wake up our kids, you and I are going to have a problem," I told the woman, glaring at me.

"I'm sorry, Alli," Matthew said, frustrated and closing his eyes.

"Do you want me to drag her out?" Macy said, smiling, which made the woman angrier.

"Wow, you moved quickly for someone supposedly grieving your. Husbands death. What would he think about you living here with another man," The woman said, crossing a line with me.

"Sophia," Matthew growled.

How dare she bring up Nick. I balled my hands at my side, wanting to knock that smirk off her face.

"Let her go, Matt," I said, closing the space between me and her.

Matthew let her go and moved closer to me.

"Say the word Alli, and I'll throw her ass out," Macy said, her eyes locked on Sophia.

"His name is Matthew," the woman sneered at me.

Macy laughed, and the woman glared at her.

"News flash, lady. His name is whatever Alli chooses to call him. Why are you here? Didn't Matt break up with you?" Macy said with a smirk.

This woman had come to make trouble, and I would not allow her to bait me.

"Why are you here?' I asked, squaring up with her.

"I'd like to get back to sleep," I said, crossing my arms.

"What would your late husband think of you? What's worse is how pregnant you are. You have no shame at all." Sophia said venom is her tone.

"Listen very carefully because I will only tell you once," I said, leaning in.

"If you bring up my Husband one more time, I'm going to beat the fuck out of you. Don't ever speak on shit you know nothing about. I get you are mad and probably hurt cause Matthew broke up with you and brought me here, but that doesn't have anything to do with me. And becasue I just want to fuck with you, I'll let you in on something. My husband would want me to be where I'm standing right now. He loved me, and he would want Matt to take care of me and my kids because Matt is my Mate," I said, my hands balling at my side.

"That doesn't mean that I want to be here. Matt made me come, so the reason I'm here has nothing to do with me and everything to do with him. Don't come here trying to hurt me becasue the man you love doesn't love you. You have always known he would never be yours because he has always been mine," I said.

"You bitch," Sophia said, lunging at me.

"Oh hell no," Macy growled, interceting Sophia mid-air and hitting her in the face, blood squirting from her broken nose.