Alpha's Cursed Mate novel Chapter 20

Estelle's POV

I was still in school when I received the message. My phone vibrated frantically in my pocket, and I waited until the math teacher at the podium had his back to us as he wrote the problem on the board, and I opened it under my desk. Several missed calls from my dad, and the message from Alpha Lance read that Nathan was in the hospital for substance abuse. As I ran out of the classroom, the math teacher yelled my name from behind me.

Nathan had survived the emergency moments by the time I entered the hospital and he was taken to the ward. I saw the Alpha outside the ward, his face was almost cruelly cold, but he was not angry with me. I was allowed to enter the ward to see Nathan.

My father was sitting by Nathan's bedside, and he was holding Nathan's hand. When he saw me, I could see the intense exhaustion on his face.

"What did the doctor say?" I asked my father in a whisper.

"Fortunately, he didn't inhale much, and his body will recover soon."

"That's good." I sat on the other side of the hospital bed. "By the way, what's the Alpha doing here?"

"I'm not sure, he told me to come to the hospital."

I remembered again the look on Lance's face just now, his distaste for anyone who gets involved with drugs. To monitor Nathan, I waited for him to leave after school for the past few days, but he always had a way of running away when I wasn't with him. I don't know how he found Nathan and brought him back, but Nathan is really going down this time.

Alpha had been waiting outside Nathan's hospital room for me and my father, and I stepped out and gently closed the door behind me.

"I'm sorry." I looked down and didn't look Lance in the eye. "I didn't control my brother."

"You shouldn't be the one apologizing, he should be held accountable for his actions."

"Can you tell me what's going on?" I asked Lance.

"I received a tip-off about drug dealers. When my men arrived at that hotel, only your brother was lying in bed."

"A drug dealer? I don't believe Nathan would go into drug dealing." Nathan, even if he was a jerk, he wouldn't drag other kids into this kind of mud. I know he's always hated the state of his life, and he's always used drugs to escape reality. He envied the kids who had "normal" families.

I looked at Lance with a sincere look, "I know that sounds like sophistry to me, and Nathan does have a history of substance abuse. But he wouldn't be selling drugs, he's being set up."

"I get it, I'll look into it. But I need him to come with me when he wakes up, and I need to know where he got his medicine."

"Can I come along?"

"Okay, but you can only watch from the outside."

"I promise."

Alpha blocked the news about Nathan and I spent the last two days at school and at the hospital. nathan is doing well and he healed quickly. My father almost fought with him at the hospital and I stopped them. Told them about the report.

"That bitch!" Nathan cursed darkly.

"Is that the girl you're siding with? You better not be lying to the Alpha." I warned Nathan.

Nathan was taken to his office by Lance, and I waited anxiously outside. nathan came out of his office with no expression on his face, and I was just about to ask him when he said to me.

"Alpha called you in." With those words he walked away without looking back.

Lance was still writing something on a piece of paper when I entered the office. He glanced up at me, "You're right, Nathan is not a drug dealer."