Filed To Story: Falling for the Alpha As a Student Novel
She froze and looked at me.
“Scott—?”
Just as she was about to ask me a question, the front door swung open, and we both turned to see Rahel walking into the room with a bunch of suitcases.
“I’m back, bitches!”
She announced.
“Rachel!”
Becca and I said at the same time.
I was the first to run to her and hug her; she laughed when we nearly attacked her.
“Holy shit; get a load of this room,”
she gasped as she walked into the dorm. “Do we each get our own separate bedrooms??”
“Yes! Yours is next to the bathroom,”
I told her fondly. “I’m so happy you’re here, Rachel. How are you? We barely talked all summer.”
“I wasn’t allowed a phone in the facility, but I’m great. Better than ever and ready for this semester. Did I miss anything good?”
“Nothing unusual. We were just talking about—”
“Our classes,”
I interrupted, giving Becca a look. “We were talking about our classes. One of our professors quit so the transition is going to be weird.”
“Awe, that’s too bad,”
Rachel said with a frown. “I kind of have some weird news too and I don’t have a lot of time before he—”
Just as she was about to finish her sentence, a tall gentleman appeared at the doorway. His aura was strange and hazy, nothing like I had seen before. Not particularly dark, but also not light either. Just dreary. He wore a suit, but it looked kind of cheap, and he had a worn-out smile on his lips. He looked to be around my father’s age.
I knew right away that he wasn’t a wolf; he was giving me bear energy.
I looked at Rachel with a frown and she met my eyes, giving me a look, I couldn’t read. However, she didn’t look particularly thrilled.
“Lila, Becca…”
Rachel began. “I’d like you to meet Raymond. My father.”
Lila’s POV
I stared dumbfounded at this man that Rachel introduced as her father.
“Ray,”
he corrected, holding out his hand for me to take. “You can call me Ray.”
“Hello, sir,”
I said in return, shaking his hand.
Rachel had confided in me once about her home life and the struggles she’s had growing up. A lot of it pushed to abuse drugs and alcohol which led to the problems she has currently. Most of these issues stemmed from her estranged relationship with her father.
From what he told me, he wasn’t a good man. He was incredibly abusive in more than one way and the thought of him weaseling his way back into her life caused me to feel unsettled.
She even looked uncertain when she introduced us, and I couldn’t help but notice the plastered smile on Ray’s face when he shook my hand. It looked like he didn’t want to be here any more than she wanted him to be here.
But it made me wonder why he was putting on such a show and who he was trying to impress.
“Rachel had told me a lot about you. I’m glad to finally able to put a face to the name,”
Ray said, his dark eyes fixated on my face and making me feel even more uncomfortable. I felt the need to take a step back this time.
“Dad, why don’t you get the rest of my stuff from the car,”
Rachel suggested, peering up at him.
He pulled his eyes from me to look at her, a deepened frown playing on his lips. He eventually nodded.
“Sure, I’ll be right back,”
he said with a large grin.
He turned away and left our dorm, leaving all three of us silent.
I finally look at Rachel with disbelief on my face.
“Why is he here? He’s the route to most of your problems, Rachel.”
“I know…”
she breathed. “But he’s still my dad.”
I could see the sadness and remorse on her face; she was unable to look me in the eyes.
“He abused you for years,”
I reminded her. “And you are just going to let him back into your life just like that?”
“It’s not that simple,”
she said, meeting my eyes. “As bears, we are loyal to our kind. I can’t just walk away from my father.”
“After everything he had put you through??”
“He’s trying to make it up to me. I’ve been staying with him these last few weeks and he’s been really great. He feels badly about how he treated me so he’s basically buying my forgiveness. He’s bought me so much.”
“You aren’t an item that he can just buy, Rachel. You deserve so much better than that and it’s not fair,”
I said, shaking my head.
“It’s not up to you, Lila,”
she said in return.
Her voice was calm and not at all upset.
I knew she was right, but I really didn’t want Rachel getting hurt.
“I’m just glad you’re here, Rachel,”
Becca grinned. “It wouldn’t’ have been the same without you.”
“I second that,”
I said in return, happy for the subject change.
Rachel hugged us both again before going off to her room to unpack. I looked at Becca with a worried frown.
“I don’t like that her father is here,”
I murmured, trying not to be too loud.
“I know. But there isn’t anything we can do about it,”
she said with a shrug. “Rachel can make her own decisions.”
At that moment, Ray returned with another bag and looked between Becca and me with a frown.
“I hope my being here isn’t intruding,”
Ray said, meeting my eyes. “I just wanted to make sure she made it here okay. I’ll be heading home soon.”
“It’s no problem,”
I said turning away from him. “I’m going to finish unpacking.”
I went back to my room, shutting the door firmly behind me.
I wasn’t getting a good feeling from him; I couldn’t help but wonder if he had an ulterior motive. But I really didn’t want to argue with Rachel about this so I figured the best thing I could do is just go back to my room for the evening.
I grabbed my phone and glanced at the screen, once again being disappointed that Enzo hadn’t responded to any of my messages.
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