Reversed Treatment

~Isabelle~

As soon as Victor finished signing the divorce papers, his lawyer handed my copy over to Barrister Andrew.

“It is done,” he said. “You two are now officially divorced,” he added.

The words sounded like music to my ears, and even though I saw Victor sign, I still wanted the satisfaction of seeing it for myself, so I looked at it again, and indeed, it was Victor’s signature, not that he would give a fake signature anyway.

“Is there anything anyone would like to say?” Victor’s lawyer asked.

“No,” I answered instantly, and the look of shock that showed in Victor’s face was unmistakable. “We are officially divorced, as you rightly confirmed, so what are we possibly supposed to say to each other, congratulations?” I sneered.

Even Victor’s lawyer was taken aback by my mocking tone.

In fact, as soon as it was done, I wanted to stand up instantly and leave so that I would get away from Victor as fast as possible, but then again, Jason was outside waiting for me. If I got up and left, there was every tendency that Victor would also follow behind, and I did not want to take the chance of him finding out about Jason’s presence, so I lingered, and thankfully, Barrister Andrew understood so well that he did not bother to ask us to leave.

“Since that is all, I suggest we go now,” Victor’s lawyer turned to Victor and said. 

He sounded like he had other engagements, which wouldn’t be surprising, because a lawyer such as himself would have cases and appointments piled up for the day, and he would hate to spend another second just sitting and doing absolutely nothing.

They stood up to leave and Victor tried to catch my eyes one last time, but I intentionally looked away. We hadn’t made eye contact since we got into the courtroom, and that was all my doing. Aside from the fact that I wanted nothing to do with Victor Walters anymore, I wanted him to know that I was truly done. 

Not half done, not done with double-minds, but truly and completely done!

But as Victor and his lawyer approached the door, Victor stopped and said to his lawyer. “You know what, I will meet you outside.”

I rolled my eyes in disdain as Victor turned around and walked towards where we still sat.

“Isabelle, I need a word with you in private,” Victor said, his voice pleading, even though pride was still rearing its ugly head up.

Barrister Andrew got up to give us some privacy, but I stopped him immediately.

“Please, Barrister Andrew, I do not want to be left alone with this man, because he is now a stranger to me,” I said without flinching.

Victor winced at my tone, and it made me feel better.

“Whatever he wants to say should be said in your presence,” I added, hoping that Victor would change his mind, but I was wrong.

“What has come over you?” Was Victor’s first statement. “We weren’t even officially divorced and you had already removed the same that gave you importance,” Victor added.

Importance? I scoffed; if only Victor knew who I was before I decided to let go of all of it and marry him instead.

“You know what, I changed my mind,” I said just as Victor opened his mouth to say another word. If he wasn’t going to change his mind, then I would. “Barrister Andrew, I am frankly not comfortable with his presence anymore,” I said.

“Isabelle,” Victor called, stunned, and he sounded pained.

Well, if I could inflict on him all the pain, hurt, humiliation, rejection, and embarrassment I received from his family for four years, I would!

“Mr. Victor Walters, I suggest you take your leave, or I will be forced to file a legal action against you for assault and disturbance. Remember, we are still in a courtroom,” Barrister Andrew told Victor firmly and professionally.

Gosh, I would pay with my life to keep the expression that flashed through Victor’s face on him, because it made me satisfied. I knew he was happy to lose me; at least now, he was free to marry Sara, so why the heck was he acting this way? Victor glared at me, annoyed that I had embarrassed him, and Barrister Andrew saw this.

“Miss Isabelle, would you like me to file for a restraining order?” he asked me.

“That won’t be necessary,” I answered, although I did not state why it wouldn’t be, because I wanted to leave Victor clueless.

Unable to take any more embarrassment, and maybe a feeling of disrespect, Victor turned and stormed out of the courtroom. When I was certain that he had driven out of the premises, I got up and walked out with Barrister Andrew.

“I know you and Jason are off to somewhere, so I have called a cab,” Barrister Andrew told me the moment we got to the parking lot. He did have a car, but then again, Jason had driven us here.

“Thank you, Barrister Andrew,” I said.

We shook hand and parted ways. Then I joined Jason in the car and he also drove out of the premises. 

“Done?” Jason asked me.

“Yes,” I simply answered. “I am no longer married to Victor Walters,” I added plainly.

Even though Jason already stated that we were going straight to the airport earlier, I was still somewhat surprised when we faced the airport route.

“I still have some things I need to pick up at Sasha’s,” I told Jason.

“I knew you would, so I already asked her to pick them up and bring them to you to the airport,” Jason said.

I was a little disappointed, because quite frankly, I was looking for an excuse to delay just a little bit longer. Not that I was eager to stay back, but getting back to a family I had left for four years wasn’t exactly easy.

We got to the airport sooner than expected, and I immediately sighted our family’s private jet.

Then Jason turned to me and said, “We are heading home now, but I must warn you; it is nothing like you used to know it to be.”

I felt my entire body filled with goose bumps and dread.