JUANITA TURNER
Family Pack’s Love & Redemption
Chapter 1
Dad, have you heard from the council of elders yet? No son I haven’t. But we should soon. With Carmelia just having her baby and all of our new pregnant omegas, we need money right now. I did have a chance to talk to your Uncles Tomack and Striker to see if maybe we can count on them. In all my 63 years, I have never seen our pack this destitute. If something doesn’t change soon, I will have to give up my title as Clan Alpha of our pack. Pop, what are you thinking about right now? I see the imaginary frown lines on your face. Why do you look so unhappy? Well, to answer your first question, I’m thinking about your nephew Chris. I really miss my grandson. I wish I had never shunned him and made him feel so lonely that he left our pack. I don’t know where he’s at, I’m scared for him. He’s only 20 years old and he is out there alone. Now to answer your second question: with what happened to Chris and the lie that was told on him, I sometimes question my right as this pack’s Alpha. Before Bulldog could say anything they both heard a loud bang to the front door. They both ran out to see what happened to find Alpha Thunder’s two granddaughters running in the house with excited news. Uncle Bulldog and Papa Thunder, guess who we just saw not that far from our pack lands? You will never guess in a million years, hurry and guess! Both girls were jumping up and down excitedly as if they were 7 instead of 17 years old.
Ok, Larissa and Celeste, calm down before you shake the whole house, Alpha Thunder started to laugh. Now, Papa Thunder, before you go outside to see, please don’t get upset we ran into Chris and he took us shopping to get some food for our whole pack that’s here in Miami. Alpha Thunder and his son and enforcer Bulldog both gasped with their mouths opened so wide: “Did I hear you correctly? Head Enforcer/Bulldog asked. “Did you just say your big brother Chris was outside?” “Yep!” she replied. “But please listen to him before you tell him about our dad’s mental condition. How it deteriorated since he left,” she added. Ok, we won’t upset your brother because it would destroy him if he knew what your dad almost did to himself. Come outside to see Chris. But wait, where is dad anyway? he asked. “He’s in his room my beautiful niece. “DAD!” Larissa hollered at the top of her lungs, and just like clockwork, here comes Beast running out of his room. “Rissa, sweetie, what’s wrong?” “Nothing, pop didn’t mean to worry you, but I have a very special surprise for you outside.” “Sis, don’t you mean we have a special surprise?” “Oh yeah! Sorry about that! Pop, close your eyes and hold my hand. I have to take you outside for your surprise.” As soon as they were on the porch, Beast heard someone crying. He couldn’t tell who it was at first, so he opened his only good remaining eye to see his son Chris standing so tall well over 6’ feet. Beast didn’t run, he literally jumped from the porch and landed right in front of his son that he hadn’t seen in 2 years. All the clapping and background noise became silent as father and son hugged each other, no apologies were needed, just pure love from a sad father to his lost son. Chris couldn’t believe the sadness he saw in his father’s eyes: his one white eye was tearing up. “Thank our Heavenly Father that you are safe! I miss and love you son, so much.” “And I love you too pop. I heard about our family finances, so I brought with me a truck full of food from my new store, yeah pop I made it. I came back here hoping that you wouldn’t still be mad at me even though I didn’t do anything dishonorable.” “We found out the truth about a couple of weeks after you left the pack. We all tried to find you, but it seemed like you just disappeared.” “Well, I have something to tell you and someone for you to meet.” “Who?” “Everyone! Can I have your attention? This is my fated mate, my world, my bloodstream, and my very existence: my love Semaj Tagawe and our daughter, Beautiful Precious Desiree Deandra Tagawe. She’s 4 months old, but she can talk and she has all her baby teeth. She was born this way. Pop, I want you to hold your granddaughter first.” Beast looked so hurt at that moment: “Son, I can’t. I don’t want to scare her with my face. She might think that I’m a monster with my face like this. Wait, I have an idea!” Beast ran into the house to put his hoodie on so he could hide the scarred part of his face. When he went back outside ready to hold his grandchild, his son-in-law moved the baby from his out reached hands. His new son yelled at him, “You will not touch my daughter until you take that hoodie off right now.” Beast tried to tell him that the hoodie was to protect the baby from his face. “Pop, you don’t know me yet, but you will, I am a man of honor and I am telling you right now that you are very beautiful to me. Please show my daughter your true face so she will always know what love her grandfather showed her on this day.” Before Beast could say anything, he broke out crying because no one besides family had ever told him that he was beautiful in 26 years since the attack that changed his life forever. He held his granddaughter in his arms, and she looked up at her grandfather and started to smile showing all of her teeth.
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