Chapter 44 – Betrayed From Birth

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“I don’t need three of them, we can vote on the favorite, I liked all of them, so it won’t matter which one we get,”

I told them. Olivia smiled and said,

“There will be other parties for us to go to. I think the gold one is perfect for your introduction. That was the most eye-catching of them all.”

The boys were all in the middle now as Dad and Timothy had gone to get measured, and Olivia went to find her dress. We were all rang up and out the door ten minutes later. I thought that we were done. I was wrong. The real shopping started then. I went with Olivia, and Stella and Amanda took Timothy and Joshua and the group split up. They had my size now and then were going to get me some basic clothes. Stella and I had similar tastes, so I was not upset about us splitting up. We were all to meet in an hour at the food court for lunch. Olivia took me into a boutique for intimates, and I was blushing hard, and my dad and brothers were like,

“We will just wait out here”

when we went in. They had a visual of the store, but they were clearly embarrassed. I got measured, and Olivia is a great shopper and very decisive, we were out of there quickly too. She knew what I would need, and had the salespeople pulling what she wanted, it was 15 minutes from when we entered to when we left. The shoe store was next. She picked 3 different pairs of heels and let me pick out the tennis shoes I liked best. I had never worn heels before, and she had to tell me how to do it. I wasn’t very confident in it, but I was getting better at it by the time I tried on the third pair.

Reagan always wore heels, it was because she was an inch shorter than me, so when she wore her heels we were the same height. She pointed out the different heel types and told me to pick out a pair I liked from the heels. I picked one with a wider heel, as the stilettos were harder for me to walk in. There was one pair of stilettos that I loved, and it was already in the keep pile. I also got a pair of short boots, and tall boots too. I cannot believe the amount of money that they are spending on me today. Every time I tried to get them to stop, by telling them that I had the outfits that Stella had given me too, they said it was fine. But the guilt was eating me up. They don’t have to buy my affection. I already loved them, they were the parents that I wished I had my whole life, instead of the ones I lived with my whole life.

My brothers and dad each had a bag to carry, but they all refused to hold the one from the lingerie store. It was like they were all too embarrassed to touch it, and after Olivia laughed for a full minute over their acting like they were scared to touch it, she decided to carry it. I was a little embarrassed about it too, which made her laugh even more. My blush is all over my face, and I can’t even face her right now. I can feel eyes on me as we had been checking out, but when I turn around to look, I can’t see anyone looking at me.

We head to the food court, where I see Stella waving at me like she is landing a plane. She cannot contain her excitement, and they have a ridiculous amount of bags with them too.

“What all did you buy?”

I asked her in amazement.

“These are for you. Those two bags over there are mine. I got us some matching exercise outfits too, so we can be like twins. We will match and everyone will know that we are best friends”

Stella tells me with pride in her voice. She makes me smile, and I teared up a little bit about it. All my life people made sure to separate themselves from me, and not want to associate with me. But Stella wants everyone to know that we are friends and not just that but best friends. It means a lot to me, I mean she is even willing to fight her own brother because he picked on me. I made a mental note that I need to get that stopped, as she doesn’t have to do that. I know that she is my friend, and I don’t want her to get hurt. I understand, he was just thinking that he was protecting Carter. She doesn’t have to prove herself to me, she is my best friend. I get the feeling I am being watched again and look around the food court, but I can’t see anyone looking at me. I mentally shrug, I guess I am getting paranoid, and go back to my meal.

Brandon’s POV

This has already been a very long week, and I feel like I am done with it all. So many things are going wrong in the pack lately. Little things like orders being canceled on food deliveries, or the Omegas schedule being totally messed up. So badly that one day there is no one available to cook, and then too many cooks in the kitchen the next day. People are getting frustrated, as it is usually Luna’s duty, which I am also responsible for, as I haven’t found my mate yet. My mother usually helps me out, but she and dad are out of town this week, so everything is on me. Someone went into the system and changed it up from the schedule that I had made and messed it up as badly as they could. I know they did because I always print it out after I got it done. I have a hard copy of what I had done, as it is just a little habit of mine. The pack members are pushing me even further by begging for a Luna, and this has gotten worse and worse for the last few months. I have been looking for my mate for years, and I know who is behind this, Cheryl needs to stop pushing so hard. I already told her that I want my mate, and she is not my mate.

I finished up my paperwork for the morning and heard the knock at my door.

“Enter”

I called out. My sister Simone comes in and plops down in one of the chairs in front of my desk.

“Are you done yet, Brandon? I am ready to go”

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she tells me, and I have to give her a look.

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