244\u2013Alpha With No Spine\u00a0<\/p>\n
Baxter:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you trying to prove by showing me this?\u201d I asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I did not even watch the video. The moment I would, I knew I would be deeply bothered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pain would return, and it would not only be about Madeline betraying me, but also about my past.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I had worked really hard to put my past behind me, to be where I was today, to forget those harsh memories.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause, Baxter, she thinks very low of you. And if you don\u2019t believe me, guess what? I\u2019ve got another video of her talking about you recently too,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My heart started to thump in my chest. I scratched my forehead. I did not want to see any video. I guess ignorance was bliss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWow. So I thought you only wanted to give up the crown because you wanted to be man enough to take responsibility, because Bodhi is your child. But now I\u2019m realizing that maybe it\u2019s because you have no spine. You\u2019re proving her right.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As she yelled those words, I flinched so hard that even she stepped back in fear. I kept glaring at her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you\u2019re angry at me, but not her?\u201d she yelled again, tears streaming down her face. \u201cI was the one who took care of you when she broke you beyond repair. And I\u2019m the one you\u2019re angry with. I\u2019m the one you\u2019re hurting,\u201d she said, pointing at her chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her face turned red with anger and pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat makes me wonder how you would ever ask her \u2018how dare you, Madeline? How could you hurt me?\u2018 Because you\u2019re doing the same thing to me,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes and lowered my head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was not wrong. But I had taken responsibility for Madeline, and I was not going to step back from it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut unlike her, Baxter, I know the real you. I know you came here because you would never cower away from your responsibilities, and I respect that. That is why I came here. Even when you want to fulfill your\u00a0<\/p>\n
responsibilities, which I won\u2019t stop you from, I still want to stay with you so you don\u2019t lose yourself entirely to her once again,\u201d she said, her voice much lower now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I agreed with everything she was saying. There was video proof of Madeline belittling me, and then there were the other videos she wanted to show me, but I kept turning my head away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRest well. I need to go out for a run,\u201d I said, reaching for the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She rushed in front of me, spreading her arms to block the exit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease don\u2019t act this way,\u201d I told her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I still held a lot of respect for her, but there had been a few incidents that made me wonder. If her parents were so cruel, how had she turned out so innocent?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re leaving me? Why?\u201d she asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I need to go for a run,\u201d I replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
244 Alpha Wan No Spa\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
She began to shake her head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. It\u2019s because you\u2019re convinced I had a hand in leaking those rumors.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as she said that, I nodded. That was the truth. I gave her a blunt look, and she hurried to explain herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not the truth. I confronted my parents, and they admitted it was my mother\u2019s doing. She only did it because she was tired of people telling my father that he was not a good father to her. I know she shouldn\u2019t have done that. She made a huge mistake. She really did. But how is that my fault? You know me, Baxter. You know I\u2019m innocent. Forgive me,\u201d she pleaded, tears still streaming down her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what to say. I just know that I need to go out for a run,\u201d I replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This time, she stepped aside. She could tell I was getting more unsettled with every passing minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once I stepped out of her room, my mind wanted to go back to Madeline\u2019s room and confront her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But then I thought about it and realized that if I did, it would be like acknowledging that I knew everything she had said behind my back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And if I still chose to be gentle with her after that, I would look like the coward she had told so many people I was.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I would look like a spineless man, and that would bring back so much trauma from my childhood. 1\u00a0<\/p>\n
So I believed ignorance was bliss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I would continue to act like I did not know, because what explanation could she even give for those videos?\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was definitely her in them. It was definitely her speaking. I had seen her in front of me once, saying all those horrible things, and it was undoubtedly her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So what could she say? Nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And then I would have to grow a spine, because if she heard me say even one thing that hurt her dignity, she would reject me in a heartbeat. I had seen the way she acted the night before.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For her, her self\u2013respect and dignity meant everything, and I did not want to be belittled again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So instead of going to her room, I decided to go for a run.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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