Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 243

Chapter 243: 243-Maybe Someone Else Visited The Tenth Floor

Helanie:

“Thank you, I will call you when I want you to pick me up,” I said to the driver, who was assigned by Maximus to drop me at Benita’s Cafe to meet up with Lamar and Jenny.

I got some calls from Lamar and understood that something happened between Jenny and Rayden. Well, I wasn’t surprised.

“Hey,” I entered the cafe and noticed Benita pouting from behind the counter. She had one hand on her waist and her lips forming a straight line.

I avoided her and went straight to the back where Lamar and Jenny were already sitting. I knew Benita must be thinking I am a shameless person for still showing up at her cafe. Well, I couldn’t say no to Lamar, and there was no other better place that was empty at the evening hour of this pack.

“Thank goodness you have arrived. How are you feeling?” Lamar got up to give me a side hug, and when Jenny got up, I quickly sat down, pretending to have not seen her.

I didn’t want to be rude towards her, but what happened to Lucy and how Jenny was able to fool us for so long just made me feel so icky.

She could have at least told me. Or, when Gavin was on a hurting spree, she could have then opened up.

I know Gavin forbade her from telling anyone under the impression that he wanted to make things right with Lucy. But by hiding the truth and making her the guilty one? Jenny still told everyone despite Gavin not wanting everyone to know. Why couldn’t she sooner?

“I am doing much better. Guess who is giving me therapy? Professor Norman,” I rolled my eyes, grabbing the coffee cup that Lamar had already ordered for me.

“That must be great. How is he?” Lamar questioned, giving Jenny a reassuring glance when he noticed that she felt neglected.

“Meh!” I frowned as I recalled our therapy session.

“I give myself better therapy standing in the mirror,” I commented after taking a sip from the hot coffee. It warmed my insides so well.

I was once the person who hated coffee, and now I was slowly getting addicted to it.

“I heard he had helped quite a few,” Jenny intervened, and it was so hard for me to act like we were cool.

I didn’t hate her or anything, I was just feeling like if I forgave her too soon, I would be betraying Lucy.

She is in the hospital, away from her loved ones, not able to fulfill her goal of staying in the academy. All because the truth was not revealed to her when it should have been.

“Oh really, cool,” I cleared my throat, watching Lamar check on Jenny constantly.

“Umm, Helanie, I wanted to—we wanted to speak with you about something very important. Remember when you talked about the tenth floor?” The minute he mentioned the tenth floor in front of Jenny, my ears perked up. “Well, Jenny has something to add.”

He successfully formed a bridge between us. I turned to her because I wanted to know how she knew anything about the tenth floor.

“My mother used to be a student at the academy. She had a huge group, but then one of them died and—after that, my mother quit the academy altogether.”

She watched my face after finishing what she had to say. I was not convinced.

“Okay, here’s the thing. The entity on the tenth floor told me that if someone lets it in, the entity will be free forever. So, I’m guessing you are suggesting maybe the entity killed your mother’s friend? But if that’s the case, wouldn’t that mean the entity would have been freed by now?” I noticed Lamar and Jenny’s eyes grew wider, and in that moment, I also realized I had to give them a huge detail on what had happened on the tenth floor.

I started telling them from the get-go, not including what the entity knew of me. Lamar knew, of course, but Jenny didn’t.

After I was done, I got to see the horror on their faces.

“Why didn’t you two tell us all this?” Jenny asked in a murmur.

“It was just me in the beginning. Lucy saw the button the night of—the ultimate betrayal was revealed,” my tone turned bitter, causing Jenny to lean back in her chair and then look down.

“You know how everyone warns the powerful and higher-ranked wolves not to take the elevators? Jenny’s mother sternly forbade her from getting off on any floors that aren’t mentioned by the trainers, meaning floors that are not visible to everyone,” Lamar added to help me understand why Jenny thought her mother’s friend was somehow associated with the tenth floor.

“Isn’t that sketchy?” Lamar asked, his eyes on my face to confirm if I was as convinced as he was.

And truly speaking, I was now.

“Does that mean your mother knows something too?” I asked, and Jenny smiled widely even when it was a terrifying subject. I could tell she was happy that I was directly talking to her and taking interest in what she had to say. And I was honestly intrigued. If the entity killed her mother’s friend, why was the entity still out there?

“Yes, I think she does,” she uttered.

“Then can you ask her for more information?” I inquired, even more excited.

“How about—,” she leaned over the table excitedly and smiled before suggesting, “I take you two to my pack and meet my mother? You can have a deep conversation with her. She is a very good person, not mean at all like other packs’ Lunas.”

“I have to visit the hospital. They said the visitations are now allowed,” I excused. I was uncomfortable visiting her pack. I was afraid of facing Rayden without my stepbrothers around.

“But that is not until the day after tomorrow. We can visit my parents tomorrow—” Jenny was cut off when someone came through the door to the cafe.

She smiled behind me, making me turn around with my heart pounding hard in my chest.