Waiting for Her Mate

Chapter 4

I was standing at the end of the stairs when I heard dad reject mom and she accepted it as if years of their relationship didn't matter at all to them. I don't understand what could have gone so wrong that they couldn't stand each other and went through the excruciating pain of rejection. I am such a difficult time to accept the truth then how am I going to tell this to the twins, they won't be able to handle the pain and worst is that they will be even more convinced that it is mom's fault. Please don't get me wrong, I am not blaming dad but what happened between them should not be the reason for the twins to judge mom, she loves them a lot although she never says it out loud, however, I have seen how much she loves the twins, they are her whole world and it hurts her to see the twins look at her indifferently. I didn't even notice that amidst my own internal battle, the twins have already made their way down the stairs and were standing behind me crying at the sight in front of us.

"Dad!" I yelled and both our parents snapped their heads in our direction and as soon as they realised that we have heard their conversation and this time it wasn't only me but the twins as well their eyes widened. Mom's face was already wet with tears and soon as she saw us new set of tears flowed down her eyes as she tried to hug the twins but they moved out of her embrace sending a glare her way

"Why?" I questioned as I looked at them both

"Why did you have to do that? Did you both not even think about us even once?" I asked as more tears streamed down my face, my heart was breaking at everything that is happening in our family

"Saige, love you don't know, you are a kid, you or the twins should not be worried about all of these things. It's not like we didn't try to work things out, we did but it didn't work so we decided it's better to part ways" Dad said but nothing he said could easy the pain in our hearts, how are we going to live peacefully when we will have to choose between mom and dad? How can we live with the guilt and pain that we hurt one of our parent to keep the other happy? Most importantly, how are we even supposed to choose one of them when we want the both of them in our lives?

"Marcus is right Saige, we have decided to part ways but that doesn't mean we are giving up on you, you all mean the world to us. All three of you will stay with me, you can visit your father whenever you want" Mom said and dad let out a loud growl

"There's no way in hell will I let my daughters stay with you" he yelled and mom flinched but she didn't back down, instead she stood to her full height glaring dad in the eye

"I can and I will, I dare you to stop and if you really think I am wrong then ask my daughters they would want to stay with me because I am their mother" mom said, they got into another argument, they didn't even once thought that we were still standing there, they kept on arguing till they ended it in an arrangement to see who we want to stay with

"Fine! We'll see, I know my daughters they love me and they know their mother doesn't care about them" dad said as mom gave him a deadly glare

"Saige, Eva, Celina, tell us who do you want to stay with, your mom or dad?" dad asked as the twins looked at him with sad eyes and I knew their answers even before the question was asked

"We want to stay with dad, growing up mom was never there for us it was either dad or Saige who looked after us so we don't want to stay with mom, we want dad" Both of them said together as dad smiled at them taking them in their warm embrace and then he turned to look at me with hopeful eyes

"You can't do that Eva, Celina, you know I love you both, you are my life you can't leave me just because you think I don't love you. Everything I have done was for the both of you and yet you refuse to stay with me" mom said as she cried loudly, I felt my heart squeeze in my chest, I hugged mom and she sobbed on my shoulder while I rubbed her back trying to calm her down

"Saige?" Dad asked looking at me with so much hope it broke my already broken heart

"I can't choose between you, I want the both of you" I said crying as my tears became unstoppable

"I know honey you love us both but you can't stay with the both of us" Dad said and I could literally hear my broken heart shatter in to a million pieces as if it's a piece of glass

"Dad, you know I love you, I really do because you have given me everything a child could have asked for from their father but I love mom as well. I can't leave her alone when she is hurting so much from inside, I hate that I have to choose between you too but you have the twins what will mom have with her if I were to leave her alone?" I asked as tears flowed uncontrollably down my cheeks

"Sweetie, she is a grown women, she will take of herself and I can't leave you with her" he said and I shook my head at him as he tried to speak again

"No dad, I can't leave her alone. I love you and I will always love you no matter what but I love her and I can't let her suffer alone when she is in so much pain" I said firmly as dad nodded his head reluctantly

"No, Saige, you can't leave us, you will stay with us not with her. She deserves to be alone" Eva shouted

"Eva, princess no one in this world deserve to be alone, she is our mother, she went through pain to brings us to this world. Don't such words for her, she loves us all very much, she may not be able to show her love but I know she loves us with all her heart" I said and she cried clutching my shirt in her hands

"Don't leave us please" she whispered softly as I felt Celina joining is in our hug

"I won't, I promise. I am always there in your heart irrespective of wherever I am" giving both their head a kiss and hugging them tight to my chest. I broke out of their embrace wiping their tears giving them a small smile, just then dad came to me, he had tears in his eyes. In my whole existence this was the first time I have seen my dad cry, I couldn't hold back as I wrapped my arms around him crying my heart out, he rubbed my back in an attempt to calm me down

"Always remember baby girl, I love you the most in the world and I am always there for you, so don't hesitate to walk up to me if you have any problem" Dad said and I nodded my head

"I know dad and I promise I'll let you know if I need anything" I assured and he kissed my head before we broke out of the embrace. Mom told dad that she will be moving out right away as she didn't want to stay in the house any more, dad asked mom to stay in guest room till my birthday was over but she refused

I walked upstairs to my room and started crying again as memories of the time I spent is this room, this house, with the twins and with mom and dad came rushing to me and I couldn't hold back tears. I have had so many wonderful memories in this house and most importantly, I am going to miss my sisters and dad very much, they are as much important for me as mom is, I got up walking to my closet pulling out my bags as I started packing my things. First I took out my clothes keeping them in the bigger suitcase, I managed to squeeze all my clothes in my suitcase and after a bit of struggle I chained and locked it up, then I took my back pack and packed all my stationary and school stuff after that I took a small bag and kept my make-up in it and once I was done with all the things I pulled out the last bag, where I packed my shoes and all the other stuff that I had along with some family photographs I had in my room. Once I was done, I looked around the room to see if I missed anything but came out empty.

I took all my stuff downstairs, it took me three rounds to get everything out and once I was done I said my goodbyes. I asked the twins to behave themselves while I am away and to take care of themselves and dad. I asked them to speak to one of the pack omegas to have food cooked for them because dad can't even if his life depended on it. Once I was done I helped mom putting the luggage in her trunk and sat in the passenger seat as I buckled myself up and we started our journey to our new house.