Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 407

Chapter 407: 407-So He Is Innocent?
Helanie:

“I can’t even say I’m innocent in all this because the only person who was truly innocent that night was you.” He was still sitting on the ground, recalling that night and how he ended up becoming an accomplice to those alphas.

“Helanie, are you okay?” Lamar gently nudged me since I hadn’t spoken in the last few minutes.

“Oh, what?” I asked Lamar. “He claims he was drugged, so that makes him not so guilty. What do I do now?” I stomped my foot on the ground, annoyed by this new revelation. If that makes him innocent, then who will I take my anger out on?

“I am not innocent. I chose to do drugs,” Kaidon muttered, and I turned my face to the other side, disgusted by his voice, so he quickly shut up.

“Listen, I’m not asking you to forgive me—” As Kaidon started speaking again, Lamar rushed over to him and grabbed him by the collar.

“How do we know you’re not lying? Who can tell if you were actually drugged? And how are we supposed to believe you didn’t know your sick alpha friends mixed something else into your drugs?” Lamar shouted at him while I kept hugging myself and looking away.

It wasn’t easy to look this man in the eye and not remember how they had seen me that night. The miserable state they had caught me in that night.

“I want to help you.” As soon as those words left his lips, my head snapped toward him.

I watched Lamar slowly turn his neck to see if I had caught what Kaidon just said.

“How?” I asked.

“I will—” He shut up as he looked behind us. For a second, it felt like my whole existence froze. My mind raced, wondering who might be behind us.

“I should have known you would be coming after my son for trouble.” It was Benita, holding her phone in her hand with a tracker device on.

She had a tracker on her son’s phone?

“Mom! What are you doing here?” Kaidon quickly freed his collar from Lamar’s grasp to make it seem like we weren’t threatening him and raised his voice. However, the fear in his voice was still obvious.

“What are they making you do?” she screamed, rushing past me and elbowing me on the way to the side. She then shoved Lamar away to reach her son.

“Nothing. They are my friends,” Kaidon argued, but she slapped him, making my hands fly to my mouth.

“Liar! I heard it. They’re convincing you of some nonsense, and you’re falling for it.” She was so aggressive, shoving her son away from us.

“I am not convincing him of anything!” I screamed back at her. The way she clenched her fists gave me the idea that she was trying to warn me not to raise my voice at her.

“If I see you hovering around my son again, I will call the council and get you kicked out of your damn academy. Stay away from my son! He doesn’t want to sleep with you,” she screamed at the top of her lungs, making me clench my jaw at her words.

“You are such a vile woman,” Lamar hissed at her.

“Mom! Stop this. She doesn’t want anything to do with me. I am the one who—” Kaidon was cut off by a harsh slap from his mother.

“You are going home with me right now.” She grabbed his hand and started dragging him away.

I started feeling anxious because Kaidon had just said he wanted to help. I could get him to confess to his crimes and his friends’ involvement before the council.

“Meet me—again,” Kaidon mouthed the words as he was pulled away by his mother.

I was overwhelmed with emotions as I watched her take him away. Lamar approached me and pulled me into a hug to comfort me. I cried into his chest for a good ten minutes before deciding to head home.

“At least we know he’s not like Rayden,” Lamar patted my back, walking me through the woods and leading me to the road.

“But can we trust him? Can we trust his mother?” I was shocked that a woman could be so blind to another woman’s pain.

“She could be a trouble to us. I mean, now it makes sense why she was always so quick to judge others. People who are always criticizing others aren’t exactly pure themselves,” he recalled how she used to treat us, assuming I was a hooker.

A hooker is a better person than her. At least they would stand up for a woman in need instead of trashing them like these so-called ‘pure’ women.

“Let’s go home.” Lamar helped me onto the back of the bike, and the whole ride, I just rested my head on his back, tears still in my eyes. I was afraid the helmet was hurting him, but he stayed silent.

Once we arrived at the hostel, I got off while Jenny and Penn caught Lamar.

“I want ice cream right now,” she was arguing with her brother as she approached Lamar, who quickly pulled her in for a hug. I had wiped my tears, but my mood was still sour.

“What happened to you? Do you want ice cream too? I can take you guys out for a good ride and get some ice cream too,” Penn spoke directly to me, making Jenny dramatically scoff.

“So now you’re ready to take us out? You know, Helanie, I’ve been asking him for the past ten minutes, and he kept making up excuses. But now he suddenly wants to take us out,” she said in a playful tone while I forced a smile.

“That’s sweet,” I said, though I didn’t even know what I meant. Even Penn and Jenny frowned in confusion. I was just trying to wrap up the conversation so I could go back to my room and rest for a while.

“How about I take you out tonight?” Lamar suggested to Jenny, realizing I needed some alone time while he wanted to spend time with her.

“Sure, that would be great,” Jenny excitedly agreed.

“I’m going to take a shower. I’m so tired.” Not even letting Penn suggest anything for us, I quickly walked away toward the entrance. I swear I heard Jenny and Penn ask Lamar what was wrong with me.

I rushed to my room, taking the elevator this time, and once I opened the door, I realized it would never be easy for me to have one peaceful moment.

There she was, making out with someone.