#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

her patrons. Everyone my investigators

things to say

she hasn’t had much time to focus on any personal relationships as a

on multiple dates, and the evidence that

been

put all of herself into her business, and she’s seen results. Her food

the capital. I can’t reconcile this person with the

loved to cook. I just never took

hand, seems to

find anything on him. Wherever he’s working now, it hasn’t been through

If I want to find him, it won’t

with my staff, Abby was always really friendly. She was

She always loved to cook and would

photos I saw of Abby and Justin didn’t mean

everyone, not

doesn’t explain the other evidence, though. How would her panties have gotten in

I can’t think of any explanation, and the

any of the physical evidence I

her without concrete

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

someone else broke me.

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

including Justin’s semen. It’s hard to refute

that can pinpoint the time. I’m desperate to

to get my wolf off my

morning, Alpha,” he says when he picks

you do the tests I asked of

I have the results

for him to pull up the information with bated

is.” He’s silent for a moment, and I’m not sure

found on the panties appeared at least 24 hours after the

“What does that mean?”

that the wearer of the panties had

appeared.”

then Abby didn’t

panties and did something with them I’d rather not imagine. In case

him down immediately and let my wolf claw him to

I say. I hang up the phone and lean back in

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