Chapter 128. What Motive Could I Possibly Have?

Alexa could not believe Hector was seriously considering Erica’s accusations against her.

“Hector you are not seriously thinking that I did it?” she asked.

“You have to admit that what she said made sense,” he said in puzzlement. “How you came out of the blue before I could even invite you! And how you knew what to do, though you are not really his mother!”

“But I am his…” she started saying, her voice rising in indignation, but she caught herself again. “I am close to him. Both of us connect in a strange way, even you have noticed it. In that way, I think I am his mother!” she said more gently. “The connection I have with him is stronger than that which some women have with their biological children!” she said. “And how I knew what to do,” she continued, being wise not to let him know she was a tribrid because of the feud among their species. “It was mere instinct. I just felt that it might work and didn’t see the harm in trying, so I did out of desperation. I did