After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 929

Nana glanced at Isabella, waiting for her approval. When Isabella nodded, Nana went to grab a few extra chairs so everyone could sit down.

“Isabella, why are you still standing over there? Come here. We have something to talk to you about,” the old man called out to her.

Isabella stood up and walked around her desk, but she didn’t go to them. Instead, she leaned back against the desk, slid her hands into her pockets, and looked at them calmly. “Say what you came to say. My office isn’t that big. I can hear you just fine from here, and I’m sure you can hear me too.”

A middle-aged woman immediately cut in. “Isabella, when your grandfather calls you over, you come over. And you shouldn’t be sitting. You should be kneeling.”

“Kneeling? Why should I kneel?” Isabella’s tone was sharp. “This is my office. You’re all uninvited guests. The fact that I even let you in here is already more respect than you deserve.”

The woman glared at her. “You’re being disrespectful. Shouldn’t you kneel? I’m your aunt.”

Isabella let out a cold laugh. “Disrespectful? Maybe you should remember how you all treated my mom and me after my dad died. Don’t think I’ve forgotten just because I was young.”

“You kicked us out of our own home. You took the house and the seafood restaurant my dad left for us. I’ll never forget that. Not ever.”

She couldn’t remember everything from back then, but the way they bullied her and her mom, tried to sell them off, and took everything her dad left behind... those memories were burned into her mind. Her mom used to say that because of all that, Isabella had nightmares for years, waking up in the middle of the night crying and screaming. It was only after a few peaceful years with the Lane family that the nightmares started to fade away.

Last time, Paul had come looking for money, but she refused to give him any. He hadn’t shown up again since. Ethan had warned the George family to stay away, and after that, no one bothered her or her mom.

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