Welcome To My Life novel Chapter 33

It was 4am in the morning, outside, the wind was blowing and snow was falling, it was so freezing that even the street animals looked for a warm place to hide.

But no matter how cold it was outside, Isobel felt that her heart was even colder.

Everyone thought that she was dating Hamish for his money, even her mother did.

The 300 thousand meant nothing to her right now, but it was exactly those 300 thousand that diminished her pride that she used to carry with her.

She couldn't even remember how many times she had to ask Hamish for money to give to Amanda.

Everytime Amanda told Isobel that she would quit gambling, again and again, she would cry to her and swear that she would quit. But whenever she sat back at that table, she forgot who Isobel was to her.

Isobel didn't even know what she was expecting from this kind of a mother.

City N was so big, but it had no home for her.

When she was back in her apartment, Isobel noticed that she was burning up, so she measured her temperature, and found that she was having a fever.

There was nothing in her apartment, except for some vitamins. She couldn't find anything else.

This flu hit her really hard, and knocked her out.

Just as Isobel finished taking her temperature, which was 39.8C, she got a phone call from Stanley.

After hanging up the phone, she changed her clothes and left the apartment.

When Isobel got off the taxi, she ran into Hamish and Freddie.

As Freddie saw her, he said surprised, "Isobel, it's been a while!"

Isobel laughed, "Long time."

While talking, she walked towards the door.

"Stanley."

She mentioned Stanley's name, and was led inside by a clerk.

Not a single time did she lay her eyes on Hamish.

Freddie said, "I think Isobel didn't even look at you."

As he finished speaking, he saw that Hamish turned to look at him, his gaze was so cold that Freddie had it run down cold his back.

"I'm just saying the truth."

Hamish snorted, and watched Isobel walk away, his expression was obscure.

Freddie tilted his head to look at him, and remembered what Isobel just said, "If I am not mistaken, she is here to meet Stanley? What is she meeting with him for?"

Hamish didn't respond, only his eyes darkened more.

Isobel exited the elevator, and was quickly taken to Stanley.

"Mister Shaw."

She greeted the man on the couch, and when Stanley heard her voice, he looked up to see her, "What a pleasure, Isobel."

Isobel pressed her lips together, and sat down on the side.

Stanley poured two glasses of wine, and handed one to her.

Isobel took the glass, but did not drink it.

Stanley leaned back, and looked at her with a fake smile, "What, are you afraid I added something?"

Isobel shook her head, "I got a cold, I can't drink alcohol."

"You got a cold? Let me see!"

He said, and leaned towards her.

When she finished, she was trembling all over, "This is not possible..."

"You already broke up with him, why would I lie to you now?"

Stanley looked at her, the wrinkles on the corner of his eyes were making him look evil when he was smiling.

"To be fair, your parents were victims in the car accidents years ago, even though it was cause by your father's drunk driving."

Isobel looked at the documents in front of her with disbelief in her eyes, on it was written in clear words the reason for the accident all those years ago. The cause was his father drunk driving, and crashing into another car. The two passengers in the back of the car died right then.

Her mother was lucky that she only lost a leg, but everything else was fine.

Her father wasn't as lucky, he was paralyzed.

When the accident happened, she was only thirteen years old, she knew nothing, all she knew was that her parents were in an accident, and were admitted to the hospital. Later the judges ruled for them to pay a huge amount of money, which caused them to live like slumdogs.

She had no idea, that the two victims were Hamish's parents.

When she thought of that, Isobel felt as if a huge rock hit her.

But this was still not the most startling information, "Your mom started her gambling addiction five years ago right? If I am not mistaken, it was the year when Hamish graduated from college. Didn't he then meet you and asked you to be his mistress?"

When he said that, Stanley lit a cigarette, "I had asked you to be with me, but you didn't want to listen, you had to choose him. Now you got the mess, everything is lost."

"But, what have I done wrong?"

What did she do wrong? It was her father who caused the accident, and her father paid for it. He didn't die, but he was paralyzed for so many years.

And it was an accident that nobody wished to happen.

So, from the beginning, Isobel was only a tool for Hamish to get his revenge?

"Oh by the way, there is something else, but I am not sure if you can take it. Should I tell you?"

Isobel raised her head to look at him, her usually limpid eyes were now empty, "What is it?"