Alex
I pulled Joy behind one of the big maple trees in the park and peeked around the trunk at my dad. He had gone back to his bench and was sipping coffee while he thumb typed on his phone. I still whispered because I knew how powerful my dad’s Alpha hearing was. My grandma used to say he could hear a mouse fart in the attic.
“My dad just told your mom she has to stay at our house for a couple days!” I said excitedly.
Joys eyes widened. “He did? Wow, that’s great! But wait, how did you hear that from all the way—“
“That means we can ride to school together tomorrow!” I said quickly, hoping to distract her from the fact that I had overheard the phone conversation from the other side of the park.
Joy usually rode the bus, but either my Daddy or Spirko drove me to school, to avoid any i
