Chapter 41. Vigilante

“Mrs. Moon? Are you well?” If she doesn’t blink soon, I will have to wave my hand in front of her face.

Eventually, she says, “Oh, yes. Yes. I… uh… that information was not relayed to us, sir.”

“I was afraid of that,” I reply. “And how much money have you paid to Alpha Ernest since Isla has been away?”

“A thousand dollars,” she says. “We usually pay him two hundred dollars a week, but he demanded more saying he had more expenses. We didn’t really have it. We had to stop giving Ben his medicine because we couldn’t afford it. That’s a parent’s worst nightmare.”

“Ben?” I repeated. I remembered Isla’s siblings’ names, and I remembered when she spoke of Ben, she said his name differently than the others.

Mrs. Moon nods. “Yes, he’s very ill. That’s why we are in so much debt. He has had three operations on his heart, but he needs another.”

“Operations?” I repeat. “But those should be free. The pack has healthcare—”

“Not for people who weren’t born