#Chapter 8 – The Truth
Karl

I put down the stack of papers and lean back in my chair. I’ve spent the better part of the morning going

over the report from my investigators, and I’m still struggling to wrap my head around everything they

found.

It seems like Abby has had a tough couple of years. Even though her father gave her a generous

severance package, his business has clearly been struggling. He even had to sell their house,

something I know must have been hard for Abby, who spent her childhood there.

Her father was a supplier for the former Alpha, and her family was very wealthy as a result. When we

married, though, she offered to change suppliers to avoid suspicion.

We didn’t want people to see me as a selfish Alpha. I don’t think either of us realized how much of a

strain that would put on her father’s business, even if he was completely understanding of our decision.

After our divorce, Abby started as a backroom apprentice at a restaurant. By doing so, she managed to

save up a sum of money.

Looking at the pictures of her from that time makes something in my heart hurt. She looks haggard,

worked to the bone, and there’s a hollowness in her eyes that makes me feel incredibly guilty. I know I

caused that broken look on her face. I never imagined she felt as heartbroken as I did. She cheated on

me, after all.

From there, she moved to the capital to start her own business. Using some contacts left behind by me,

she was able to build her restaurant into a must-go spot. Now she’s doing great. She owns one of the

top eateries here, which is a feat in and of itself.

Her acquaintances describe her as incredibly smart, great at maintaining relationships, sweet, and

information about her patrons. Everyone my investigators

to say about

like she hasn’t had much time to focus

her go on multiple dates, and the evidence that she has

she hasn’t been in anything

business, and she’s seen results. Her food

of the best food in the capital. I can’t reconcile this person with the girl I

I just never took it seriously. I thought it

the other hand, seems to have disappeared completely from the public eye.

on him. Wherever he’s working now,

If I want to find

always

attitude with them. She always loved to cook

the intimate photos I saw of Abby and Justin didn’t mean anything. She was

not just

explain the other evidence, though. How would her panties have gotten in the

having an affair with him? I can’t think of any explanation,

for me doesn’t refute any of the physical evidence I found. It’s not like I

with her without

found them there that day, my heart shattered. I really loved her, and

someone else broke me.

phone and call the doctor. I employed him back when I first found the panties. He

on the fabric, including Justin’s semen.

can pinpoint the time. I’m desperate to

only to get my wolf

when he

I rub my temples. “Did you do the

the results here.

pull up the

moment, and I’m not sure if I’m even breathing. “It seems that

we found on the panties appeared at least 24 hours after the marks made by the

“What does that mean?”

it’s unlikely that the wearer of the panties had them on

appeared.”

then Abby didn’t have

something with them I’d rather not imagine.

track him down immediately and let my wolf

and lean back in my chair. I can’t believe it. If

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