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JAMES: I didn’t like to lie to Jessie, but if it kept her from starting shit again then I would do it again, in a heartbeat. I do love her, but I have come to recognize how bad and wrong we were; she hasn’t yet, and I don’t know if she ever will. And I don’t know if Kes will ever forgive me, I wouldn’t blame her if she didn’t, but at least she hasn’t rejected me, that at least is something to be grateful for, I suppose. “Janica, love, after the ball is over, I have to spend the next 2 months of summer working for one of the pack members. I, Wyatt, Jessie, and a couple of others were messing around, and we broke a window. We collectively blamed Kes for it. I did come clean about it, but now I am working off the damages, even though Kes already paid the price. I am taking responsibility for my actions, even though it’s a year late.” “Is this what you wanted to tell me about earlier?” she asked me. “Yes, so I will be busy for the summer, but I still want us to do the Alpha training together.” “I would like that as well, so I guess I will have to take my Luna classes while you are working off that window.” “Thank you for understanding.” “Have you apologized to Keska yet?” She asked me. “No, I have felt too ashamed to apologize to her. We used to blame her for everything, and looking back on things now, Jessie would go out of her way to pull stunts to blame Keska for. I just went along for the ride.” “But now you know you were wrong?” She asked, “I do, but I don’t know where to start, to even begin to make it up to her or how to apologize.” I say. “I don’t think she wants you to make it up to her, but the apology can go a long way to help heal things between you two. It lets her know that you know you were wrong, and you are willing to admit it, like a good Alpha should, and can also earn you a bit of respect from her.” She tells me. “I notice how she treats your dad; she respects him as the Alpha but not as her dad.” “Yeah, I found out that almost every time Jessie and I got her in trouble, Dad would use his belt on her. On the rare occasions that we did get punished, we would be grounded, lose privileges, get our electronics taken away, and even if we had homework to do, we would have to go to the library and use the encyclopedias to do the research for it. But he never hit us.” “No wonder she treats him the way she does. After hearing that, I have lost a bit of respect for him myself.” She says. I can only nod my head. “James, just say you’re sorry to her, and hug her. It will let her know you mean it, and if you do it in front of Jessie, it will show her that you understand you were both wrong, and maybe help Jessie start to understand it too.” She says in a soft voice. “Plus, it may just go in your favor with the prince.” She says. Again, I nod my head in understanding of her words. “I doubt Jessie will ever realize she was wrong to treat Kes that way, she is too far under Mimi Sutter’s influence.” I say to her. “Well then, let’s just hope that she is mated to someone a good distance from us, so as not to cause problems for Kes until she comes of age and goes to the Royal pack to live, Jessie would not be so bold to try anything then.” She says. “Let’s hope not, I saw a little of what he was capable of earlier, I think Kes told him stuff, and it felt like he was going to tear through the pack if his brothers and friend weren’t there to distract him, he took on all three of them no problem and held his own for at least 30 minutes if not longer, it was impressive and scary at the same time.” I tell her. “Come, I want to start my classes tomorrow if your mother is up for it.” She says. I link mom. *“Are you busy?” “Not at the moment, why?” “Janica would like to come speak with you.” “Of course.” “I will tell her, thank you.” “Any time, dear, love you.” “Love you too, Mom.”* I close the link. “Let’s go.” I say as I take her hand and head to Mom’s office. On the way there, I linked dad. *“Dad, I just got a link from Jessie. I think we may need to revise your plan for her.” “Why is that?” “I think she is starting to put two and two together and coming up with the fact that Keska is Prince Trever’s mate, she just linked me a bit ago and said that Keska is not worthy of the prince, she wasn’t worthy of Seth, how could she be worthy of a prince. Her words, not mine.” “What did you say to her?” “I told her to stay out of it. I reminded her of the punishment she already had, and she would only add to it, or worse, end up dead, if she got involved, and I made her promise me she would stay away, and I also made her promise not to manipulate someone else into doing her dirty work.” “Smart, good job. But you are right, we are going to have to come up with another plan of action for her.” “Where are you right now?” “On my way to Mom’s office with Janica.” “Do you need to be there with her?” “I suppose not, but I will check and let you know.” “Do that.”* I close the link. “Problems?” “I don’t think so, Dad wants to see me, unless I need to be with you and Mom.” “I don’t think you would have to stay, just get me there and broach the subject, and then I should be ok on my own from there.” “Ok, I will wait and see what Mom has to say.” We reach Mom’s office, and I knock and walk in with Janica behind me. “Mom, because I have to work the rest of the summer for Mr. Rickman, Janica was wondering if she could start her Luna classes this week? And dad wants to see me, so if you don’t need me for this conversation, I'm going to head over to dad’s office.” “Go ahead, dear, I think Janica and I can handle the Luna issue without you present.” “Thanks, Mom.” I kiss her cheek, I kiss Janica, and leave.
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