Caleb’s POV
Thank you, Caroline!‘ I told her mentally. I owe you one.‘
You better remember that, brat!‘ Came her snapped reply.
Okay…so I may or may not have indicated to Care that I wanted to spend some time alone with Aurora, and I did own her a big one for this.
“Sure.” I grinned at her before jumping onto the bed and turning to face Riley. “Hey buddy, what are you up to?”
Riley looked up at me with a big smile. “Naming colors! I just learned to spell scarlet.”
“Wow.” I blinked a couple times. “Why not just go with red?”
“Our teacher told us to learn synonyms.” He shrugged before going back to scribble on his notebook.
“You can call it a day now, Riles,” she took the books from him and placed them aside while bringing out the snacks. “Let’s all have a snack.”
“Yayy!” Riley attacked the snacks almost immediately, making both of us smile.
It was only after we were at the end of our ‘snack time‘, that I told Aurora what had been on my mind for the longest time.
“Aura…before you freak out, I want you to listen to something that I want to talk about. Just…hear me out before you make a decision, alright?” I spoke a bit hesitantly, remembering how she had reacted to the scholarship scenario. “I was wondering…if you would like to go back to sc-
Aurora shook her head suddenly, and then motioned towards Riley. I understood almost immediately that Aurora hasn’t told Riley about her decision yet. So I stayed quiet, not finishing the sentence, even though I saw Riley give us weird looks.
After about half an hour, Riley was already tired and wanted to get to bed, so Aurora gladly let him go to his room. The little guy gave me a surprise hug before he left and I couldn’t help but smile at the gesture.
It was only once Riley was out of sight that I resumed our earlier conversation once again.
“Aurora…I really want you to rethink your decision.” I told her sincerely. “You’ve made it this far already…why not finish your high school education and then decide what to do about your future?”
“Caleb, we’d had this conversation before and my answer remains the same.” Aurora sighed, rubbing at her temples. “Riley’s school is a public school, but he would require supplies soon too. We’re already living off of you and your family, and I don’t want to add to it anymore. If anything, I should be going back
to work at the vest least. So if you have something that I can do, let me know. Even washing dishes is fine, since I can’t go back to the diner after…”
“Shane’s little trick.” I nodded, trying to find a way out of the situation. “But that doesn’t mean you’re going to be cleaning dishes here either, Aurora. You’re my mate, you’re the future Luna. And you don’t need to repay us for anything.”
Caroline was right about Aurora being a hard–worker and fiercely independent. But that didn’t mean I was letting her go back out in the open and work for a minimum wage job in a diner that could barely keep itself open. But how do I convince her that she doesn’t have to think about finances anymore? She was my mate, the future Luna of the pack…everything that owned belonged to her now.
And that was when an idea came to my head.
“How about this. And hear me out first before you protest.” I held out my hand before she could speak. “I’ll pay for your school fees and I’ll transfer Riley to our pack’s school for our children. He’ll be safer there and you won’t have to worry about your father coming to find him either.”
Aurora’s eyes widened on a gasp, probably from the realization that her father was still out there and Riley could be his next target. But I couldn’t let her dwell on that fear either.
“Riley’s been protected all this while, don’t worry.” I told her immediately. “One of the guards at his Kindergarten as well as one of the teachers are wolves and they had been keeping a close eye on him. Not to mention he’s being picked up and dropped to school by one of our guards as well.”
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