Chapter 2: Only time will know

“Dad!” I cried and ran towards my father.

He probably knew that I was rejected, seeing he was waiting for me outside our house and worries were all over his face.

“Carrie,” my Dad met me with his reassuring hug. “I’m sorry,” he whispered.

“Dad, it hurts! It hurts a lot,” I said in between my sobs. I broke away from his comforting hug and gripped his medical uniform. “Dad, please take away my pain. You’re a doctor, right? Please, please take it away. I don’t want this. It’s too painful. I might go crazy, Dad. Please, I’m begging you, Dad,” I begged my Dad.

He was the best doctor in the world, and everyone knew him. He can cure anyone, even with serious diseases. Maybe he can cure me, too. He was Damien Mikaeli, after all.

“Dad, please!” I begged.

Dad didn’t utter a word. He was just standing there, tears in his eyes. I knew pain from broken bonds was something a professional doctor couldn’t do anything about.

I collapsed and sat down on the floor as I continued crying. The pain was too unbearable. I couldn’t even tell what part of my body was aching. All I could feel was every part of it was aching at once, and my head wanted to explode.

I hugged my knees, begging whoever was up above me to stop my pain. When the pain was too much for me to bear, I found myself passing out.

“Damien, why did you let this happen?” I heard a voice crying. It was a female voice.

“Melissa, Carrie will die if she can’t survive this rejection. Please, I’m begging you, Melissa. Take her away. Take her to your pack,” Dad said, almost like begging.

“Of course. My baby deserves someone better; I’ll take her with me,” my Mom replied.

Ana, my Dad’s true mate, helped Mom pack my clothes. She immediately decided to take me away from this, once used to be a loving pack.

“Sweetheart, can you walk?” My Mom asked me when everything was ready.

I was rejected yesterday, and Dad had to call Mom to take me with her. According to that, the pain has the chance to disappear over time. And it was the only solution he had come for.

I looked at Mom. She was smiling, but I could see sadness in her eyes. I remember she was also my Dad’s girlfriend, but he chose his true mate even if Mom was pregnant with me.

If only Jace were like that…

“Yes, Mom,” I replied.

“Okay, Sweetheart, let’s go,” Mom replied, guiding me out of the house.

Dad and Ana hugged me so tight, telling me they would visit me soon. Both of them had teary eyes that Ana couldn’t conceive. She treated me just like her real daughter, but I couldn’t stay in this pack anymore. Whatever happens between Megan and Jace will surely throw me into another unbearable pain again.

I knew every eye of my pack mates had been with me since I exited my house’s door. I knew they pitied me, but I didn’t want to look at them. They probably think I wasn’t good enough for our future Alpha, considering he rejected me and chose Megan over me.

It was too painful because he didn’t give me a chance… I was his mate! But why? Why did he have to reject me?

Tears started to form in my eyes again.

“Don’t worry, sweetheart. Frank and I will help you all the way. You know our Alpha also welcomes you in our pack, remember?” Mom said, trying to soot me.

I nodded at her and rode in her car. It would be a long drive to her new pack, and I hope I will completely get over this by the time I stay there.

I was tired from the flight, but when I saw the apartment-type pack house that my Mother’s pack owned, I was taken aback. I remember coming here when I was a little girl. It wasn’t this luxurious back then, but now, luxury is an understatement.

“I already told the cook to cook some food for us, sweetheart. Do you want to eat?”

I sighed. I don’t have any appetite right now. I just want to sleep.

“I’m sorry, Mom, I don’t feel like eating today. I just want to rest,” I said.

“Alright, baby. Your room will be on the second floor with a purple door. Everything is ready there. And when you’re hungry, you can come down and eat. Okay?”

“Okay, Mom,” I said, and she kissed me on the forehead.

“Everything will be okay, sweetheart,” she said.

“I hope, mama,” I replied.

The next following days became so hard for me. I couldn’t stop crying, and all I did was lay on my bed and face the window, questioning myself as to why I must be in this situation.

Mom always came and checked on me, serving me food I liked. I wasn’t that kind of stubborn woman, so I ate her food. After doing her Luna duty, she would come and take good care of me.

“Mom,” I said when she made me a coffee, and I sat on a stool, my head resting on the table.

“What is it, baby?”

“Were you hurt when Dad decided to choose Ana over you?” I asked her.

Mom stopped, finished making coffee, and took the mugs before sitting opposite mine.

“It did. I loved your father like he was my real mate.” Mom said and gave me the mug of coffee. “I was having you, and the thought of you having no father is what hurts me the most. But then, I met Frank, and he healed me.”

“I see,” I said. Frank was Mom’s real mate, so I understand if she moved on that easily. “Why am I hurting like this? Why, each day the pain got stronger and stronger to the point that I wanted to end myself now,” I said, tears started to pour from my eyes.

Mom stood up, walked to where I was, and started stroking my hair.

“I know it hurts a lot, sweetheart. Time only knows when your pain will go and when you’re healed. Please don’t give up, Carrie. You are a strong woman. I know you can get over this one day, and I will be here, supporting you all the way.”