The one where she takes her fourth case

~ Bella ~

"Mr Isaiah, I'm really sorry about last time but I had something very important to do over the past few days," I said to the man in the chair facing me.

He shook his head. "I totally understand. But if you don't mind me asking, why did you change your mind?" he asked.

I smiled. "This man," I pointed at Nikolai, "was kind enough to come to me and plead your case," I said.

"Thank you," Isaiah said.

Nikolai smiled and waved his hand dismissively. "Don't worry about it. It was nothing," he said.

"I never caught your name the last time," Isaiah said.

"Austin Wireman," Nikolai said, shaking his hand firmly. "I'm Mrs Bella's assistant."

"Nice to meet you," he said. "And this is my partner, Isabella Morov." He pointed at the woman sitting at his side.

She smiled and stretched her hand out to me. "Thank you for agreeing to help us," she said.

"So are you like partners...or partners," I said, differentiating between the words by adding different inflections to each one.

She laughed. "