Rejected by One Loved by the Other

Chapter 71

Chapter 71

Drew, not able to take this scene, stands up abruptly. "Dinner is ready." Him and Eric walk toward the dining room. Drew sits at the table watching them, seeing how they interact. His heart beats hard as he watches Melody feed Wyatt, his son, his pride and joy. The heir to his pack, she stole him. His hands turn into fists under the table. He whispers to Eric, "I would like them to stay so I can spend more time with them, my son."

"Ask them, the worst that could happen is they say no."

"Would you like to stay here for the next few days, until you are done with my father's treatment? It would save you time traveling back and forth."

"I'm sorry, we can't do that. Melody has a concert tomorrow night. My mate and I have plans of spending some time alone together. We need a second honeymoon."

Eric, knowing the answer, he still asks wanting to open a conversation, "You're still playing the piano?"

"Eric, tell me, don't you have enough manners to say hello to your mother? She is sitting right across from you."

Eric is confused as stares at Melody. "What are you talking about? That is not her."

"You don't recognize me, Eric. It has been a long-time since we have seen each other."

"My mother didn't look like that. Are you trying to tell me YOU are my mother? Why didn't I recognize you?"

"Maybe because I am happy and not walking around sad." Eric gets up shoving his chair back abruptly. He leaves the room stamping on his way out.

Cameron wanted to break the tension. "Alpha Drew, would you like to accompany all of us to Melody's concert tomorrow? Why don't you bring your Beta and Michael with you. I thought he would have been here tonight."

"Michael had to handle a few things. I will tell him about the concert. If I know him, he will enjoy coming. What time should we arrive?"

"The doors open at seven don't they, Amanda?"

"No, Melody, they start seating them at seven thirty and the concert starts at eight."

"Ok then, we will plan to be there at seven."

"We will have you and your Betas join us in our private seating area." Anthony turns to the rest of them at the table. "We've had a long day and still have a long ride to get back. We should head to the hotel."

"Thank you for coming and we look forward to seeing you tomorrow." Drew walks them to the door.

Not long after they all returned to the hotel for a well-deserved night of sleep. "Dinner went well tonight. Drew kept watching us it felt off, he seemed miserable and angry at the same time."

"I don't care how he feels. He sees how special what he rejected is and I knew enough to love. It is his own fault, so he has to live with it. Come cuddle with me I need you in my arms and we both need some sleep."

Things back at the Skyline Pack were very different. Eric went searching for his father. "Dad, did you know she brought her bitch of a mother here tonight?"

"You mean your mother. She went with them last time so I figured she would be there tonight. That is why I didn't go. I hate watching them acting all lovey dovey."

"How could she do that? Come back here with him. She doesn't look the same to me. How is it I don't remember her being so pretty? She was all smiling, happy."

"She looks the same as when I married her. She was so full of life and happy, over time she lost that. I never took the time to do things with her, she had to take care of you and had Luna stuff to do. I was busy with pack stuff, she was just there, taking care of us like she should. When I saw her last week, she had the joy and happiness back in her eyes. She smiled again. It pissed me off she couldn't do that for me."