After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 954

After waiting for an hour, Isabella still hadn’t come out. The heat was brutal. The sun beat down on them, and even though Berenice and Peter were used to being outside, they were starting to feel it. Mostly, they were just so thirsty. If only they’d thought to bring a bottle of water.

“We should probably go back. It’s way too hot out here. That girl is really heartless… She won’t even let us inside to wait. If she doesn’t want to see us, fine, but she could at least let us sit down for a bit,” Berenice grumbled. She was tired, the sweat sticking to her skin.

They had already been in the city for a few days. First, they made sure Isabella was really as rich as the rumors said. Only after confirming that did they bring the whole family along to track her down. When Isabella finally agreed to meet, she told them to say whatever they wanted. Thinking she was easy to push around, everyone’s greed came spilling out. They all started listing their demands, each one more outrageous than the last, as if afraid they’d miss out if they didn’t ask for enough.

But Isabella didn’t give in even a little. Not one request was met. It felt like she did it on purpose, baiting them to show just how greedy they really were. She even argued with them until some of the younger cousins lost their tempers and slapped her. Now those cousins were being held at the police station. They were all family. An apology should’ve been enough, but Isabella refused to let it go. She insisted on pressing charges. She was just too cold.

Berenice couldn’t match the Isabella she saw now with the little girl she remembered. Sometimes, over the past twenty years, she’d think of Isabella. She used to say, if Isabella had been a boy, they would’ve raised her no matter how hard it got, even if it meant begging on the street. But she was just a girl.

Peter shook his head. “No, we’re not leaving. The second we walk away, that girl’s going to come out and we’ll have waited for nothing. I don’t believe she’ll stay inside all day. She has to go out for work, to meet clients. We’ll just wait right here. If we get hungry, we’ll have someone bring food. We’ll make sure Isabella pays for that too.”

He found a bit of shade and crouched down, waving for Berenice to join him.

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