Omega (Alpha & Omega #1)

{Chapter Thirty Eight}

When I saw the four men again, they didn't offer an explanation, and I didn't ask. What they did with or to my father was none of my concern. He crossed so many lines in the few minutes I'd been in that room with him, but the one that broke me was my mother.

Three weeks before, she tried to kill herself. I had no idea where she was being held, or if she was even really okay. She was my main thought, and I needed to figure everything out with her before I figured out why and how my heat was supposedly more potent.

"Can you find where my mom is," I asked. "I want her out of where she is right now and closer here. I don't want my dad finding her."

Theo hummed. "I doubt he'll be able to do much of anything, but I can find out and have her moved to the institution down the way."

Cayson nodded and sat down next to me. "Do that. If she's able to be released, have her released into our custody as our mate's mother."

Theo did a half-hearted salute and walked out of the room, his phone already moving to his ear.

Keon slid into the seat across from me. He waited for me to say, or ask, something. And I knew what he expected me to ask about. But I didn't care. The longer he stared, the higher my eyebrows raised in question.

I doubted they killed my father. I had no doubt in my mind that they made sure that those seven years were made up for, though. I could see bruising on Keon's knuckles and a small speck of blood on Cayson's face that he missed while he cleaned up.

"You're okay now," Keon finally said. "He won't bother you anymore."

"I have no doubt you made sure of that." I reached across the table and ran my fingers gently over the bruises. "Are you hurt?"

He watched my fingers dance over the darkening skin on his knuckles. "No. He didn't get the opportunity to hurt any of us."
Good.

Theo walked back in and waved his phone in the air. "She's released. She'll be here in about five hours."

"Great," Cayson said. He looked down at me. "We can get her situated in one of the rooms here until we know she's fine, then we'll figure out living arrangements for her, if that's fine with you?"

"Is my father going to be able to hurt her," I asked.

Seth was leaning against the wall, arms crossed over his chest. He eyed me. "Like Theo said, he won't be able to do much of anything."

My eyebrows furrowed. I didn't care what they did to him, but what could they have possibly done? They obviously kept him alive. But he couldn't do much of anything? The thoughts that flitted through my mind made me cringe.

If they disabled him, he was no longer going to be looked at like an alpha. He'd drop below an omega, lose his job, lose everything he'd ever worked for. His father would disown him faster than he disowned me. He would literally have nothing.

And yet...I didn't care.

I didn't care what happened to him or what he would have to go through. I didn't care about the troubles he would face in the future, nor about how quickly he'd succumb to his suffering. He made me suffer for so long, he deserved it.

I wanted to forgive him, but a part of me knew I never would. I hated him too much. He may have provided the sperm for my creation, but he was never a father to me. Maybe if I'd been born an alpha, but I wasn't. I was never destined to be one.

I finally nodded and forced a small smile onto my face. "Is she going to be able to find a job?"

"Of course," Keon said. "I know our boss is currently looking for an assistant. If she wants, we can talk to him for her."