I had a bugging in my gut that something is going to happen, bad. Really bad. I don’t now what forced me but I turned on the entire security camera around the restaurant’s property and linked the live footage to my phone. It took me almost two hours to check everything and head back in a cafe where Kristen called for me.
Somehow the nagging managed to increase. It wasn’t untill I reached the cafe and spotted Kristen did that nagging go away and was replaced my anxiety for pleasing her. Not in a sexual way for fucks sake.
When Kristen spotted me coming her way she gave me a big smile, “Hi Nora” she said and practically jumped out of the booth to hug me. I chuckled and hugged her back, “It’s nice to finally meet you in person” she says as we slid into the booth.
“So how have you been?” I asked and with that we started chatting about random things and gossiping. We shared a lot of laughs with jokes, I must say Kristen is a sweet, funny girl. She is better than what I had expected her to be. Though she can be silly sometimes but she is has good intentions.
She sighed softly looking outside, “On a serious note.. I actually want to have a good talk with you..” she said with a small smile.
‘Yeah I have been having a lot of that since these past few days’ I said to myself.
“I’ll cut right to the chase, I like you. You’re good for my father. And you two are really great together, but… You cannot take my mother’s place. Even if it was someone else I would have said that as well. Nobody can take my mother’s place. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be my friend..” she said in all honesty. Tears had gathered in her eyes as she looked into space smiling at a distant memory.
I kept my hand on hers, “Trust me I will never want to take your mother’s place. A mother is a sacred being to child, I know that very well. Even the god itself cannot take a mother’s position, I would never in my life stoop so low to supersede someone’s mother.” She smiled back at me.
“You’re actually so great I thought that you would be some evil step mom kind of mom. But actually you’re great, I was paranoid for nothing when I saw that picture” she said the last part to herself. My head snapped at her with a confusion, “What picture? Did Sebastian or the pack used to send you pictures of me?” I asked in curiosity.
She bit her lips, “That’s also the reason I called you to meet me in private” she said taking out her phone and going through it for a few seconds. Then she showed me her phone I was shocked to say the least, there were pictures of us, me and Sebastian loads of them.
I scrolled up to the first text to see the picture of the family dinner we had hosted in the restaurant months back and a text along with it, “Take your eyes off and someone who is your, will never be yours again” I mumbled. She had asked who he is but he didn’t reply back instead he kept on sending her picture of Sebastian and me when I was on tour for food critique.
“When i first saw this picture, I was so fucking paranoid that you’d take my father away from me or worst turn him against me or something” she admitted honestly, I looked at her but she didn’t meet my eyes instead she kept on fidgeting on her seat.
“That day.. when we first met in Norway. It wasn’t coincidence” I looked at her in shock as she hung her head low in shame, “I had tracked you down when I got the information that you’re using my dad’s plane. I was furious thinking that a whore is using my father for his money, the entire time from Rovaniemi, Finland to Alta, Norway I had my eyes on you. Then I realised that your not what I thought and after much investigation I found you’re a famous chef..” she said in embarrassment.
“You– you stalked me for a week?” I asked baffled by her behavior to which she just shrugged, “I just wanted to be sure.. you can’t blame me..” she tried to put a reason for her doings.
I took a deep breath, “No I can’t blame you. And I wouldn’t blame you. But most importantly who would try to sabotage me and try to bring you in?” I asked myself. I quickly put my stuff in the purse and took out a few fifty pound bills and put it on the table, “I am sorry to cut the meeting short but I have to be somewhere.. also I need your phone..” I said in plea. She looked at me sceptical, “W-why?” She asked in fear.
“Oh no sweetheart it’s not about you. I need to know about the person who threats our family. I need to track him” I said trying to calm her down, the poor woman was on the verge of tears. She nodded and hesitantly gave her phone, “Just don’t open any of my messages or gallery” she said. I nodded my head and hugged her a goodbye, “I’ll return your phone as soon as possible” I said as I left.
As soon I was in my car I called Oliver. He picked it up in a few rings he picked it up, “Hello sister!! How–” I interrupted him, “There is no time to talk, oli. I am coming over. Get your IT head, there has been an emergency. And don’t tell Dad” I said and hung up the phone.
Within few minutes of very rash driving I was in the packground. I was met by a distressed Oliver in the gate who had a hard face, “What happened?” He asked as we made our way to the IT room. I explained to him everything in short and also showed Kristen’s phone. He was fuming with rage for that person, from all the things Oliver could take over from our father was protectiveness. He is more overprotective of all the things that belongs to him than our father.
We got inside the room and locked the door, the room was soundproof so we didn’t have to worry about anyone eavesdropping. He connected the phone to the high tech computer and started putting in some codes and typing away things that went over my head.
In my head I tried to think of all the people who had a grudge with me and wanted to fuck my life up, there were handful of them but the ghosts from my past stood up the most prominent.
“That person is bouncing is signal” the boy commented, his eyes fixed on the screen. My phone kept buzzing with notifications after notifications as we stood in the room. The only sound were coming from my phone and the computer.
“Alpha, it’ll take time for me to locate him.” The boy said looking up at Oliver.
He grunted, “Keep an eye on it and inform me as soon as possible” his alpha voice ringing strong in the room. Pride blossomed in my chest hearing his command, my brother.
A couple more buzzing from my phone now made Oliver snap at me, “Just check the phone for fucks sake or put it on silent” he said in annoyance as we made our way out of the room. I rolled my eyes and pulled out my phone, I unlocked the phone and opened the first notification that was shown, it was of security camera of the restaurant.