Chapter 249
Chapter 249 Raymond’s Announcement
Third Person POV
“Dad?” Rachel gawked as she stepped out of the auditorium. Her father, Raymond, stood before her.
“What are you doing here? When did you get here?” “Only a little bit ago,” he answered, though there
seemed to be something more he wasn’t saying. “Come with me.” He grabbed her arm and pulled her
away from the student she was aiding. “Right now?” She asked. “I was in the middle of something.”
She turned back to see L speaking with Headmaster Prescott. Both Brody and Ba remained
frozen in their seats; neither noticed Rachel was gone. “There’s something we need to talk about,” her
father said, pulling her away from the auditorium. Once they reached outside, he finally released her
arm. “What the hell is going on?” She asked. “I don’t know, but I didn’t like that, and I don’t want you
involved.” Rachel raised her brows at her estranged father. She didn’t have a great childhood with him
around; since her mother died her father has been nothing but cruel and abusive. He was the main
reason she was driven to drugs and alcohol and had to go to the horrid rehab in Elysium. He even
knew of the horrid conditions she was in while in that rehab facility and he did nothing to help her. It
was something she could never forgive him for and he’d been out of her life for many years after that. It
was her recent ex–boyfriend that got her out of that situation; as much as she loves her ex and always
will, she found out over the summer that he wasn’t her mate. He ended up transferring schools after he
got out of the hospital because he couldn’t handle returning after what had happened at that party. He
almost died and as a result of that, Rachel ended up rpsing and then overdosing. It was a lot of
stress, and she wasn’t even his mate, which was found out after the fact. He was never going to be
able to concentrate on his education in an environment like that and decided to transfer schools. At
first, Rachel was hurt because she loved him, and they’d been together for so long. They have gone
through a lot together. But then she realized it was probably for the best. She always dreamt about
being with her true mate and it was clear that he was not. It was clear that their rtionship would
eventually kill them both if they weren’t careful. Rachel has been dealing with being alone since the
school year started, but thankfully she has the love of her friends to help her. However, recently, her
father has returned to her life and is wanting to start anew. He wants to make up for all the damage he
has done in the past and begin a real father–daughter rtionship with her. She’s still skeptical, despite
what she told L about giving him another chance, but she’s also excited to have the chance to get to
know her father again after all these years of having no contact. But that doesn’t mean she trusts him.
“So, now you decide to act eyes in his
isn’t really a thing you do, Dad.” “You know I’m trying to be
direction. “Getting me out of a tough situatione a father?” She shot at him, narrowing her
a better father,” he said, pressing his lips firmly together like he was trying hard not to say anything
more. “What are you even doing here?” “I came to see you,” he answered. “There’s something we
need to talk about.” “I’m listening.” “It’s probably better if-” “Raymond, good to see you. I need to speak
with Headmaster Prescott, but then we will go to lunch, Alpha Jonathan said as he walked out of the
auditorium. Sarah was walking in front of him with her head held down. Rahel furrowed her brows
together; confused. She didn’t know her father and Alpha Jonathan knew each other, let alone friends.
“Sounds great,” Raymond said, bowing his head. Alpha Jonathan nced at Rachel briefly. “Feel free
to bring your daughter. I’d like to speak with her as well,” he said, giving Rachel a head nod. Rachel
said nothing but Raymond nodded. “I was just about to ask her to lunch,” Raymond said. “How about it,
Rachel?” Rahel was at a loss for words, but she didn’t want to say no in front of them both so she just
nodded and forced a smile. “Great,” Alpha Jonathan said with a pleased smile. “See you both soon.”
He looked back at Sarah who remained in front of him and looked mortified and defeated. “Go,” he
ordered her. She said nothing, but she turned in the direction of the board building and began to walk
with Alpha Jonathan trailing behind her. “What’s going on? Since when are you and Alpha Jonathan’s
friends?” ! asked, peering up at him. “Since we became business partners, Raymond said, meeting his
daughter’s eyes. “Business partners?” Rachel nearly spat; she stared at him with disbelief. “You are
working with him?” Rachel’s father owned a small restaurant that was doing fairly well. Everybody
spoke about it; it’s hard to believe that he would sell out and decide to give Alpha Jonathan half of it
even though he owned literally everything. “He said he could expand the business across the nation,”
Raymond exined. This would be good for us.” “He can’t be trusted, Dad,” she said firmly, folding her
arms across her chest. “He’s going to take over.” “I already signed the contract, and I had mywyers
look it over carefully. I’m getting a lot of money from this deal and I’m still in full control of my
restaurant. Otherwise, I’m afraid I’d have to shut it down” “Shut it down?” She asked with wide eyes. “I
don’t understand. I thought the business was going
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well.” “We have lost a lot of business,” he said, shaking his head. “It’s not enough to keep us running.
But Alpha Jonathan promised the business sess and I took him up on the offer.” “So, that’s it? No
discussion. You already signed the contract?” “It’s not like you wanted anything to do with me or the
business.” “Can you me me?!” She shouted; suddenly d everybody was preupied in the
auditorium. He sighed, “No… I can’t. But it’s still my business and my decision,” he sighed. “You are
expected to join this lunch so I want you to put on a winning smile and be polite. Understood?” She
said nothing for a long while, but she soon sighed and nodded. Thirty minutes had gone by, and Alpha
Jonathan had finally arrived in front of the school in a ck limo. Rachel had never been inside of a
limo before but knowing who it belonged to didn’t make her excited. The door of the limo opened, and
Alpha Jonathan sat inside on the dark leather seats motioning for them to enter. Rachel looked up at
her father with a worried expression, but he gave her no expression in return as he slid into the limo.
She had a nasty feeling in the pit of her stomach, bur she swallowed it down and slid into the limo as
well. She was surprised that Sarah wasn’t there as well, but she saw a woman with long dark curls and
bright green eyes seated beside Alpha Jonathan. She wasn’t someone Rachel had ever seen before,
but she looked young. Not as young as Rachel, but too young to be Alpha Jonathan’spanion. “I’d
like you to meet a friend of mine, Jasmine.” Alpha Jonathan introduced. “Jazzy, this is my new business
partner Raymond and his daughter Rachel.” “It’s a pleasure to meet you. both,” she said; her voice was
as smooth as silk and yet had a bit of yfulness in her tone as she leaned forward to look at Rachel
intently. “You are quite a beautiful girl; you must get your looks from your mother,” Rachel’s face red;
there was something off about this girl, but Rachel couldn’t figure out what I was. “I’ve heard a lot about
you,” she said, giving Rachel a beautiful smile. “I can’t wait to get to know you better. We are going to
be such great friends.” She reached out to grab Rachel’s hands and Rachel saw all the jewelry that
upied her hands and fingers. She had never seen anyone with so much jewelry before and she was
amazed by it. One of her rings she recognized the symbol and Rachel realized that this woman must
have been a witch. Maybe that’s why she seemed off. The limo began to drive off campus and the
further they got from campus the more unsettled Rachel felt. While Alpha Jonathan and her father
spoke about business, the woman, Jasmine, stared at her, like she was studying her. Rachel wanted to
sink into her seat and disappear. Rachel tried her best to keep her eyes from staring at Jasmine, but at
some point, she couldn’t help it. She wished she did though; as soon as she looked at Jasmine, she
saw this strange swirl of darkness circling her, reminding Rachel of a snake. It slithered around her
arms and down her legs, its eyes glowing gold. She nced at her father to see if he noticed it too, but
he was too engrossed in his conversation to notice anything going on around him. She looked back at
Jasmine who was watching her intently and smiling: her eyes growing even darker. “Is something
wrong, dear?” She asked innocently. “Uh…” Rachel stammered. “There’s she stopped talking, unsure
of what to say and how to exin it. “Um..” Jazzy’s grin widened and now the snake–like darkness was
inching close to Rachel, making her jerk away almost violently. She grabbed the door handle, unsure if
she should open it, and flung herself out of the moving limo; all she knew was she didn’t want this
snake thing to touch her. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.” Jazzy chuckled. “It’ll only hurt worse.”
Rachel’s heart fell deep into her stomach and then she let out a shrilling scream that pierced the limo
just as the snake flung af her.