Page 41 of Capturing Their Omega

I remember just yesterday when we sat here discussing my health. I had complained about how weak I was… how I despised myself for being a shiftless wolf. She had consoled me and called me her special baby.

Everything that I complained about was my mom’s fault. Yet, she patronized me and kept encouraging me to take the very thing that was harming me.

Anger boils inside of me. It is hot and I need to release it.

I eye my mom, who is still tearing up. But I’m too upset to care.

“You! You have been the one giving me those pills. Why?” I growl at her.

She sobs and wipes her tears. “Cassie, baby, first of all, I want to say I’m sorry.”

I am unmoved. I scowl at her as she fidgets under my angry gaze.

“I’m going to need a whole lot more than that. Tell me what’s going on,” I probe.

“I made a mistake,” she mutters.

She sniffs and starts to explain. “I was a young maid. I had just joined the Kaye family’s staff, and Mr. Kaye was still the young, handsome Augustus Kaye. There were talks of his marriage, as he was to be betrothed to a woman from another powerful family… but he was never one to adhere to those rules.”

I frown as she tells the story, but don’t interrupt.

Where the fuck is this going?

Why is she talking about Mr. Kaye?

My mom smiles. “At the time, Augustus was much different. To put it lightly, he was a playboy. Back then, some of the maids had whispered to me that any attention I got from him I should ignore because he was just promiscuous. He was a fool who just went after anything in a skirt, and I happened to be somewhat pretty, so I got his attention.”

I don’t know what to think about that. Mom is very pretty. But that doesn’t matter right now.

“I was young, naïve, a fool. Instead of heeding the warnings, I allowed myself to be swept off my feet. He whispered sweet nothings to me and filled my head with grandiose ideas and delusions. Made me believe that a romantic relationship between a maid and her master could be more than an affair.” She runs her hand through her hair.

Oh no!

I don’t like the way this story is going.

“You see, he was recently married at the time. He had married the lady who was brought for him. I served at their wedding ceremony, and it hurt me to see it because we had been having an affair. I tried to ignore my feelings because he didn’t appear to be interested or serious with the lady he was marrying.” She laughs sadly.

My mouth drops open in shock.

My mom had an affair with a married man. With Mr. Kaye!

If I had heard it from someone else, I wouldn’t believe it. But she is the one telling me, reliving it even.

She pauses and pours herself a glass of water from the glass jug on the counter. I watch as she gulps it all down.

She clears her throat and continues. “One night, I tried to go to him just as I usually did. Unfortunately for me, I met his wife… Cressida Kaye. She was furious. She dragged me by my hair and slapped me. Then, she warned me to stay away from her husband. She told me that he had had his fun being irresponsible, and it was time for him to stop being that way. She kicked me out of the house and fired me.” Her voice is shaking now as if she can feel the pain all over again.

I am filled with disbelief. I am finding it hard to process what she is telling me. But I remain quiet.

My mom places her hands on the counter, and I can see that they are shaking. For a few seconds, my heart softens a bit toward her.

It must be really hard for her to tell me this.

But how does this relate to me?

She bows her head. “The days that followed were very dark. I thought it couldn’t get worse, but things got darker when I realized that I was pregnant. At first, I was shocked, but I was happy because I thought something good could come out of it. I would have a child!” She looks up at me. Her eyes fill with happy tears.

I gasp, my mind refusing to accept the glaring truth.

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