Chapter 20

Four days later, Alanna woke up and found a note on the kitchen counter from Matheus: “I’ll be back at 4:00 PM!”

She wanted a bigger house and to start decorating the baby’s room. She called Vanessa to see where she was.

“Where are you?”

“On my way to work.”

“Do you want to go shopping for baby stuff?”

“Sure, I’ll ask Anthony to drop me off.”

Vanessa took the phone away from her ear and said to the Alpha, “Can you drop me off at Alanna’s?”

“What about work?”

“I want to buy baby clothes with Alanna,” Vanessa said, pouting.

“Okay, I’ll drop you off, but what should I tell the office?”

“Tell them I was… I was… Tell them I was attending a conference on baby-related matters.”

“What on earth is that?”

“I just made it up!”

Vanessa put the phone back to her ear. “I’m on my way; I’ll be there in 10 minutes.”

“Okay!”

Vanessa and Alanna went to several stores and were heading to the next mall when Alanna’