Chapter 154

"Did she come home alone?" I asked.

"Yes, she is alone, but......." Rachel did not finish.

"But what?" I asked.

"She is heavy with pup or pups. I suggest you keep your temper in check and listen to her." She said.

"Do you know anything?" I asked.

"No, she would not say anything. Just she needed to talk to us both. I sent her to lay down and sent tea up to her. She looks very tired and not as healthy as she should, I sent for the doctor to come and look at her. Just remember to keep your temper in check. I feel she is in need of our support right now not to be yelled at right now for leaving." Rachel said.

"I will listen to her and do my best to control my temper." I told her.

"Colt, I don't want her to run away again so please keep it in check." Rachel begged me.

I went over and hugged her.

"I would like to know why she left to begin with and don't tell me to go to school because they sent me back my tuition cheque saying she never attended one class or registered that she was at the school. Nella has been lying to us for a long time." I told her.

"I kind of figured that out when she did not come home for Christmas." Rachel said.

"Did she have the mating mark on her neck?" I asked.

"I could not tell she was wearing a shirt that covered everything and pants." Rachel told me. Why in this nice weather would she be covering herself. I wanted to see her now. But I needed to wait my temper was already out of control. Robert linked me that there were people lined up for the junior trainer position.

"I have to go do interviews, I will see you at dinner. If you see Nella tell her I love her." I told Rachel and went down to my office. I had already decided I would be hiring two people hopefully they would keep each other in check. I wish I had Sasha's ability to recognize deception. Why had I not thought of that.

I called Quin as soon as I got in my office.

"Hey dad, how is it going?" Quin asked answering the phone.

"Quin can you recognize deception like Sasha?" I asked him.

"Not as well as Sasha dad." Quin said.

"Do you know if she is busy right now?" I asked him.

"She is right here having tea let me put you on speaker.

"Hello, Alpha Colt," Sasha said. I think only twice in her life did she call me dad she was always so formal with me it drove me crazy.

"Sasha, are you busy? I need a favor." I asked.

"No, I not busy right now. What would you like me to do?" She asked. I explained everything to her.

"I will be right there can you have someone being me up some tea please?" She asked and hung up. Suddenly a door appeared in my office and Sasha stepped through. I don't think I will ever get use to her or Quin doing that, but it did have its benefits. Sasha went and sat on the couch and I linked the cook to have tea brought to my office for Sasha.

"I'm just going to read my book, if I close book down they are being deception." Sasha said to Robert and me.

"That works, Robert bring in the first applicant." I said leaning back in my chair.

After an hour I needed a break no one had been deceptive, but I struggled not sure if they could handle the job.

"There are still ten people waiting Colt," Robert said.

"Tell them to go get some coffee we will resume in half an hour my head hurts." I told him.

"Alpha, are you having a hard time deciding because some of them are women?" Sasha asked.

"No, They are all very young. Just out of training themselves for a couple of years." I told her.

"But maybe that is what will work, someone who is not to much older who understands some of the difficulties they are having." Sasha suggested.

"I don't know," I told her.

"Put yourself in their shoes, would you listen to a man who says try it again and get it right, or someone who will explain what your doing wrong and will take the time to show you and help you, I also think you should be hiring two men and one woman. But that is just my opinion on the matter at hand you are the Alpha and it is your decision," Sasha said then picked her book back up and started reading again. I thought about what she had said it did make a lot of sense. We interviewed the last ten and I said the results would be posted in an hour. With Sasha's input I picked two men and one woman to be the be the new trainers. I also decided to look at the other trainers and see if they needed to be replaced or women added to that training level.

"You are very wise for your age, Sasha," I said.

"Thank you Alpha Colt, but I think it is more I'm looking at the issue from the outside looking in. So, I just see things differently and I'm not emotionally attached to the issue." Sasha said. She never stopped amazing me.

"Thank you Sasha for your help and your wisdom." I said bowing to her. Sasha got up waved her arm, and door appeared.

"Stop the bowing, I'm your daughter in law" she said then opened the door.

"Yes but also the Alpha Queen and Oracle " I said as she went through the door. As it disappeared I could hear her laughing. What was I to do about her, I would never change a thing about the past I was happy she was family. Now I had to deal with Nella. I wanted to call Nancy and tell her Nella was home but maybe that should wait until after dinner. I went upstairs to shower and change my clothes. As I was coming out of the bedroom I could hear Nella downstairs talking with her mother. I walked down the stairs when I got to the bottom Nella ran to me and hugged me tight.

"I'm sorry dad." She said crying on my shoulder. I hugged her back, then took her hand.

"Let's all sit down and talk." I said to her leading her back to where she was sitting with Rachel. I sat in one of the living room chairs and waited fir her to talk.

NANCY'S POV

We had just got back from looking at the house, when mom called me.

"Hi mom, how are things?" I asked her.