Lionel got to school some minutes after Landon and Leigh and the two children were not happy to find that it was someone else and not their father who had brought him to school.'He promised to pick me up after school', Lionel said, he could barely contain his excitement. 'Mum must have told you the recent happenings?' he asked his siblings.'You mean about your ill health?' Landon asked. 'Yes, she did and I and Leigh are both glad you are up on your feet again!''Thank you', Lionel said. ' but was that the only thing she told you?' he asked in amazement. Mum had promise to tell them all about it. Hope she was not about to change her mind about marrying Dad? he thought.Dad and Mum....' Lionel started.'Oh, were you asking about their wedding?' Lionel asked and Leigh burst into laughter.'Landon was pulling your leg ' she said. 'Mum told us everything as soon as she got home and that makes the news we have to share with you even sweeter!' she revealed, looking at Landon for approval.'
'I am sorry, Miss Palmer but we do not permit parents or guardians to see the children during class hours except if there's an emergency!' the headmistress said. 'It is our belief that it distracts them and the lesson the loss may never again be regained!''It will not take long!' Camellia said. 'I also have not confirmed that you are Lionel's mother!' she said.'Damn! Camellia fumed but she smiled outwardly. 'What do I do to prove to you that I am his mother?''Any form of identification will serve!' she said.Camellia brought out her ID and then a picture she had taken of her and Lionel playing a game together with Hector on a very rare occasion when she had insisted on watching father and son play while playing family.'I still cannot allow you disrupt classes but in a few minutes, they will be out for break and then you can speak to Lionel if he wishes to see you?''Why will he not wish to see me, his own mother?' Camellia asked, feigning incredulity. Has Lionel started spurting
'Mrs. Carter watched her cat - walk away and then turned to face the children. 'You were so happy just now when you heard her mother wished to see you, why did your countenance suddenly change up on seeing her?' she asked addressing Lionel.'She may have raised me but she isn't my biological mother', Lionel said. 'My biological mother is her sister and the mother of Landon and Leigh! Alexa Palmer was the person I thought had come to see us!' he revealed.The headmistress was even more confused but she had a lot to do than listen to children's preferences . It was obvious that Lionel preferred his more caring aunt to his cold mother. Because though she tried to fake it, Mrs. Carter could see that Camellia Palmer was not as caring of her son as she acted. She was an old woman who had lived among mothers and was a mother herself and nothing passed her notice.'Alright', she said. 'I don't understand what you are saying but you all should probably be getting back to your lunch before the
'Do you know what this means?' he asked his Beta.'Of course, that you spent the night with the woman you fancied and not the one you aren't Retracted to!' Samuel replied.'Not that, you nitwit!' the lyncan king said, fondly. He was in a happy mood. A mood to play and make jokes. 'It means Lionel is the child she and I had from that one night stand! Little wonder that Lionel smelled her immediately as his mother!' Then something occured to him. 'But why didn't she knows Lionel is her son?' he asked pit loud.Samuel shrugged, wondering how the Lyncan king expected him to know the answer to that million dollar question.'Or did she know all along but is pretending? Could she and her sister be in this together?' he asked.'I don't think so', Samuel said, looking thoughtful. 'You could clearly see from the video that Alexa was clearly set up by her own sister!''Yes, but didn't she really have any inkling that Lionel is her son? At least I know how the ring I placed on her finger ended u
Pork, Samuel and the Lyncan king worked for a while, drawing up plans for the ongoing building projects and others.Hector looked up from the work and arched. He had totally forgotten about the passage of time. He looked at the time piece, a gold Rolex wrist watch on his wrist and emitted an expletive. It was ten minutes to school over and he had promised his son he was going to pick him up, and he didn't want to go back on his word. 'It's okay for now', he announced as he stood up. 'Got to run!'As he drove to the Blue Horn Academy', he though how happy his son would be when he told him that the woman he had chosen as his mother was actually his real mother.'Daddy!' not only Lionel but Landon and Leigh shouted as they sighted him. He got out of the car smiling. He was already growing use to these other two calling him Daddy. 'Anyways, since I am getting married to their mother, that will inevitably make me their father, at least by adoption or marriage', he thought in amusement.J
'If you do not shut your mouth, a fly might just make it's way inside, Alexa', He Tor said, sure now that Alexa had known all along. But why hadn't she said anything. She had even encouraged him to marry Camellia. Was that how much she loved her half sister or was she running from her responsibilities?Alexa didn't look to him like someone who would shelve her responsibilities nor shielded herself from them, so what was it? Was it that she didn't want him, because she wanted to be with someone else? That vampire for instance? Damn!'You knew, didn't you?' he asked but she looked at her children and he got her meaning. They were going to continue that particular conversation another time when it was going to be just them.'Daddy, it took you really long to find that out, something we knew right from the start!' Lionel said. 'You have revealed what you wanted to talk to us about, now it is our turn', he said, giving Landon the go ahead to proceed.Landon brought out an envelop from his
As he pulled up in his drive, his phone rang.He stopped the car and picked the call.'The doctor confessed that it was Camellia who bribed him to falsify the test result. He had refused the bribe but then she threatened him with his family and he had no option but to do as she had asked him!' Pork said on the other end of the line.'I thought as much!' Hector said. 'You must have been pretty persuasive for him to have confessed as fast as this!''I was, with my fists!' he said, and the Lyncan king could hear the smile of pride in his voice.'Whatever, you did well!' Hector said, ending the call. 'Lionel take your siblings in, your mother and I have things to discuss', he said. 'Landon, Leigh, I am happy to have you, You are a welcome member of this family and I am proud that I am the father of such wonderful pups, Lionel, you included!'The children beamed and they all hugged their father and Alexa could only look on, her heart filled with pain. If only it were as easy as all that.
Alexa was not surprised. If she could try to murder her on many occasions, wiping out the evidence of that night was child's play.'So, you now know the reason I wanted to see your navel', Hector continued. 'I just wanted to confirm what I already knew I would find', he said and Alexa nodded.'I never suspected you were the father of my pups', Alexa started. 'My father threatened to banish me after Camellia revealed to them that I had slept with a stranger. She didn't tell me it was the son of the Lyncan king and I tortured myself, wondering who you were. When I found myself pregnant, it was worse, not knowing who the father of my unborn baby was and father threatened to disown me', Alexa continued, recalling alot of things that happened in the past.'I ran away and was surprised when Camellia chose to come with me. Little did I know she wanted to steal my baby and present him to you as hers. She had planned all this with her evil mother!' she said, the fury rising in her.The Lyncan