Chapter 189

Bailey’s POV

I was never going to take the words of Miles as the truth. He never did speak the truth. I knew that. I saw the hurt upon Asher’s face as I said I wanted to hear what Miles had to say, but I wanted to hear what he had to say. I wanted to see if he would apologize to me. I felt I deserved an apology after everything over the years. And I wanted an explanation.

Over the years I had tried so hard to work out what it was that made Miles turn on me, and had never been able to fathom it. Hearing him say it was because I had refused to do his school work to help him gain his grades made me see that I had been right all along.

His reasons were not valid. Not in my mind. He said he could change. I knew he couldn’t. Or he would have done as he grew up. He would have seen the error of his ways, and if anything, over time, he had got worse. No. I knew what I needed to do. He just made it harder when he kept mentioning the pack.

He was righ