Alpha’s Virgin Stripper
Chapter 174

Jojo:

My mother. I was finally going to hear her voice, finally going to know that she was okay and the alpha's father had not harmed her in any way. But when I pressed the phone to my ear and I heard her soft and gentle sobs, my heart shattered into a million and one pieces. What had that man done to her? Why was she in tears? If she was okay, why did she sound as though she was in so much pain?!

"Mum? Mum, is everything okay? If you need me there, I would be there in a heartbeat, just tell me if you need me, mother!" I cried out.

"Jojo," her first word was accompanied by the sound of a long sniff.

"Jojo, I am very sorry, for everything. Most especially for the kind of mother I was. I didn't... I didn't set a good example for you and your sister, Jo. But I... I never intentionally hurt anybody, I never wanted to, you know? All I did, I did because I... because I loved. I believed that when you loved someone, you fought till the end, no matter what. But I forgot that the person had to want to fight for you too, not with you, not all the time. I just followed what I believed was love, but it didn't work out and I..." She broke into a series of sobs. I could hear her cry this time, loud and clear.

I swallowed the lump that had risen to my throat. Hot tears burnt the corners of my eyelids, but I had to fight them back. I couldn't let them flow.

"I'm sorry I was so weak, Jo. I was so weak and I let him do all those things to me, I let him hurt me, Jojo. I wasn't strong enough to fight for myself, to fight for you two, you and Valerie. I allowed a man take me away from the both of you for so many years, so many years Jojo. I abandoned you... I'm so sorry for everything you had to go through. I know that my apology won't erase the pain, it won't fix the past. All those years without a mother, I can't imagine, Jo."

She was right. She could not begin to imagine all I had passed through in the hands of her sister, my aunt. All I had gone through with my cousins, the beatings, the rape attempts. All the so many jobs I had to do, the time I had to pole dance for money. Even if all of it made me stronger, it didn't make it hurt any less.

At that point, I couldn't keep my tears in my eyes anymore. I allowed them flow, they deserved to flow.

"You know, Jojo? You do not have to worry about me anymore, okay? You've done more than enough and carried me all this while. You have a son, Jojo. Take care of your family, take care of Valerie and everyone. Live your life, my dear. I do not deserve someone like you. I do not deserve a daughter as smart, as brave and as beautiful as you are. You are one heck of a woman, Jojo. And I know you'll be a good mother to Lucian, the mother that I could never be to you. And..." I looked up at the alpha. I wanted to speak, but I stayed silent when I saw the look on his face. The man was fuming in anger, he was beyond enraged. I could not recognize the man I was currently staring at. "This isn't a reunion, Doris." Alpha Cole's voice rang in my ears. He had taken the phone from my mother.

I was far past the voice of reasoning. I wanted to hold the alpha's father by the neck and bump my forehead into his face until he bled. I had never been so angry in my entre life.

"What do you want from my mother?!" I started to scream.

"Leave her alone! She has done nothing to you! I swear by the goddess that if you so much as touch a hair on her head, I'll...!"

I was interrupted by the manic laughter that echoed from the phone's speaker. He was laughing at me, alpha Cole was laughing at me.

"Jojo Wyatt, you have three days. Bring my grandson to Rush pack, and all of this would be over. Or, I'll leave your mother in the hands of your father. Jesse Wyatt seems really keen on finishing what he started. You needed to see the look on his face when he found out your mother was alive. It was epic, I tell you. I'm sorry you had to miss it." His laughter followed again.

I never thought I had the ability to hate someone, until now.

"But you were there, right? You saw it all, you experienced it all. Trust me, when he is done, there would not be a bone that you can take to the hospital." He spat out. I could hear the venom in his voice. I could tell that he meant every word he had said.

Alpha Lake took the phone from my hands. It was his turn to speak to his father.

"I do not think you have fully understood the situation, father. You do not have a say in when, where and how you get to see our baby. He is my son, and I am here with him. There is no reason for him to come to Rush, except I say so. When Jojo decides that it's time for you to see him, you'll see him. It is her choice. And if you..." He paused and took the phone away from his ear.

I watched as he closed his eyes and appeared to kiss his teeth. He let out a deep breath, before pressing the phone speaker to his ear again.

"If you lay a finger, or I see even a scratch on Jojo's mother, I'll forget you were once my father." He breathed out, and ended the call immediately. I watched as he slipped his phone into his back pocket.

My heart was heavy, all of it was too much. I just wanted everything to be alright again. Why couldn't he just leave my son and I alone? He did not want his son to be with someone like me, so why couldn't he let me be? Why was he so keen on taking away my happiness? What had I ever done?

With those many thoughts running through my mind, I allowed myself fall on the alpha's chest. He wrapped his arms around me almost immediately, to stop me from sliding to the ground. I could barely keep my feet on the ground. I was tired, so tired.

"I just..." I started to cry.

"I just want to be okay."