Page 194 of The Married Alpha And His Arrow: Vol 1

Once we got outside, I told her, “I have some ice cream at my house. What do you say we chat about things there?” Susie thought about it then agreed, “You’re right. Next time though, we go out. Daddy didn’t even argue. He must have got hit on the head REAL hard. He was mad they made him use a wheelchair to come see us all.” I laughed, “He’s a stubborn guy.” I’d been really glad to see Frank and Nadine awake and talking.

Ken and Kyler watched us disappear once we got to my house. Kyler said, “That’s just fucking weird. I mean just weird. Susie, don’t say fucking… ever!” Susie laughed, “Why not?” Kyler replied, “Because your dad would kill me.” Susie agreed, “Ok. I won’t say it.”

We got inside and I closed the door. Susie said, “I know it’s you.” I asked, “You know what’s me?” Susie crossed her arms, “You’re the Black Arrow.” I swallowed a smile, “I can’t actually answer that, but if you were to hit certain panels over there while I got our ice cream, I couldn’t stop you.”

Susie began to poke around, and I went to get us ice cream. It took Susie fifteen minutes to get the combination right. Haley must have snapped my things back. Because Susie stepped back when she saw my black arrow gear.

She squealed, “I KNEW IT! I KNEW she wasn’t your friend. Because she’s you!” I asked, “How did you figure it out?” Susie explained, “You said that we should have Project Tacos to distract me and Sally.”

I thought about it, “That’s pretty good.” She giggled, “Why doesn’t Chase know?” I explained, “I can’t tell him because I’m not marked. He could figure it out on his own though.” Susie clapped, “I know! Let’s have another project named Get A Clue!” I Laughed, “I'm in.” Susie nodded, “We will get him to figure it out. I know we will.” We ate for a few minutes in silence.

Susie stood when she was done. “I should get back. I have lots of projects I need to get plans going for.” I laughed, “You do have a lot of projects going.” I took her home. Sally was running towards us. She stopped on a dime in front of us.

Susie exclaimed, “Wow. You guys are so cool.” Sally laughed, “I need to borrow Lexi.” Susie agreed, “Ok, I need to plan out some things. I’ll see you later Lexi.” I told her, “We will watch you from here.” We watched Susie walk away.

Sally said, “I think you should call Chase as BA.” I laughed, “Are you serious?” Sally nodded, “He’s twitchy about BA for some reason. I think we should see if we can figure out why.” By the time Susie made it to the front door of the main house Sally and I were both laughing so hard. Susie waved at us, and we waved back.

Once she was inside, we took off for my house. I grabbed my BA mask, and Sally handed me her burner phone. We were trying not to laugh the second Chase picked up the phone. He seemed so tense, and he was absolutely awkward.

Chase practically seethed with anger when I mentioned Sophia. What the hell happened with them a few months ago? I muted the phone because I was about to laugh talking about going on missions with myself. Sally laughed, “Oh my god. He’s going to lose it. You are so bad!” I pointed out, “There could be another Lexi in the Hood. Ok gather yourself. I’m taking the phone back off mute.”

Ted ran in and raised an eyebrow at us. I decided to tease Chase and dropped my voice and called him Alpha like I do in the bedroom. It actually sounded pretty good through my distorter. I hung up quickly. All three of us were in hysterics.

Ted said, “That poor man! You are messing with him!” I asked, “Huh? How?” Ted sighed, “I’m not supposed to know but apparently Chase is all confused because he finds the Black Arrow intriguing.” Sally and I looked at each other for a beat then busted up laughing.

Sally waved her arms, “Oh my god! That’s why he was just so dang weird when I brought up BA!” I laughed, “You? I was starting to get a complex that he somehow didn’t like me.” Ted rolled his eyes, “Matt has been probing me about BA for a few weeks now.” I laughed, “I wonder why Chase hasn’t just asked me.”

Sally snorted, “Really? You wonder why your mate won’t ask you about a girl he finds intriguing.” I admitted, “Point taken. He finds me intriguing because I’m me. Seriously? Does he need a flashing neon sign?!”

Ted pointed out, “Uhh Frank didn’t exactly realize who you were to Chase at first. Maybe it’s the Alpha in them.” I asked, “Does Matt suspect anything?” Ted shrugged, “Matt hasn’t met you. They suspect something, but I don’t know that it’s that you are in fact the Black Arrow. They seem to think you are friends.”

I laughed, “I kind of hope Chase asks me about me. I’d die laughing.” Sally yawned, “Sorry guys. I get so tired lately.” I said, “I hear that’s normal.” Sally asked shyly, “Can you guys come with me to meet my family? We are meeting me near here to talk. I’m nervous to tell them about the baby.” I agreed, “Of course.” Ted replied, “I’m in. Matt’s going to be filling out paperwork pretty damn late according to him. That’s a direct quote.”

We all walked outside and followed Sally to her family's meeting place. They were already there waiting for her. Her three older brothers had grown up with us. Their names were Jeff, Tim, and Jake. They smiled when they saw us run up together.

Jeff scooped me up in a hug, “Lexi Scott, you just don’t come around often enough.” I laughed, “I’m around quite enough. I also saw you earlier, but I understand your tunnel vision” He shook his head, “Nope, no you aren’t.” We all sat down.

Sally took out her phone to show her family a picture of her and Derrick. She explained, “This is Derrick. He’s working right now because Noah worked with rogues to try and take me today.” Jeff and Jake jumped to their feet to pace while Tim remained seated, seething.

Jeff shouted, “I’ll kill his punk ass!” Sally’s mom said, “Now, boys…” Tim angrily replied, “We listened to all your ‘now boys’ while Noah and Sally were together. Well, they aren’t together anymore, and I’m done listening to your ‘now boys.’ I’ll bet Sally’s wolf will help us formulate a plan to bring Noah to justice. Then we can size him up.”

I commented, “He absolutely would help you. I’m sure he already has a plan. He’s crazy about Sally.” Ted chimed in, “Head over heels, can barely leave her alone, and has six guards on her at all times crazy.” Everyone gaped at him.

Ted shrugged, “What? Do you see those two girls? They are Sally’s guards. The other four are hidden.” Sally’s dad said, “Well, that’s a good start.” Sally fiddled with her hands. Her mom grabbed them, “You always do that when you’re nervous to say something. What’s going on Sally?”

Sally blurted out, “I’m pregnant. Derrick and I are going to have a baby.” Sally’s mom’s jaw dropped. Her dad asked, “So, all that trouble you had was on Noah’s end? Not yours?” Sally winced, “Umm no. He... Noah didn’t ask if I wanted to have a baby. He just told the healer to stop filling my birth control.”

Sally’s dad’s face turned red. All her brother’s hands clenched. Sally’s mom said, “That was not his place. Accidents happen but if you are planning, that is a two way conversation.” Sally shrugged, “Nothing with Noah was a two way conversation…. I….” I nodded to her encouragingly. Everyone glanced at me briefly.

Sally continued, “I went to an outside doctor for birth control. I used an alias of Kylie’s just in case Noah was checking up on me. I never tried to have a baby with Noah. I always knew he wanted Lexi, and I didn’t want to bring a child into that situation. Derrick is different though. I met the War Goddess.” Everyone but Ted and I gasped.

Sally’s mom asked, “You did? Sweetie, what did she say?” Sally explained, “She showed me what my life was supposed to be like. She wanted me to know it wasn’t supposed to be hard with Noah. Then she showed me my path if I accepted my second chance string…. If I didn’t accept him….” She looked at me.

I reached for her hand and squeezed. I spoke, “Then Noah would’ve killed Sally. He would’ve taken her at the event Susanna attended in her place, where she was stabbed. Sally accepted Derrick so she wasn’t there.” Jim yelled, “I WILL kill him.” Ted snorted, “There’s a line.”

Jim argued, “I have no intentions of playing by any sort of rules to get Noah, TeleTed.” Ted chuckled, “Tell the Fairy Princess that.” Jim cursed, “SHIT! I forgot about her.” Jeff said, “I was so worried about you this whole time because I knew how much you wanted a family, Sally. I just knew you shouldn’t have one with that asshole. Am I really going to be an uncle?”

Sally nodded, “Yes.” Sally’s mom clapped, “FINALLY! A grandbaby! You three and your string’s just keep saying oh next year, oh next year.” All three shrugged. Ted asked them, “Where are your better half’s?” They all replied, “Missions.”

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