Chapter 48

The following day, Brigitte called Rene and told him what happened. She was on speaker so I could listen.

“Do I have to send someone else out there? Someone like Quinn?”

“No, sir. It won’t happen again. We’re good. Gerhard has backups available, sir. Jessica is his granddaughter, sir.”

“Is he now?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Is she still committed to providing our pack with werewolves?”

“Yes, sir. She doesn’t blame me for what happened. She’s committed to us. She promised, and she intends to keep her promise.”

“Let me know if anything changes.”

“Yes, sir.”

We also doubled up on our working out, running in the morning and two self-defense lessons, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Mom had started running with us again, every day. She was trying to work herself up to ten miles again.

The day after Brigitte informed Rene, on Friday, Mike Ferguson called and told me that my statements were ready to read and sign. It also happened