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2024-10-29 19:42:56The only significant thing that had happened three years ago was not just about Lucas having a bad break up. Three years ago was when he disappeared.
Dexter McCoy.
Dexter was not her first boyfriend
or
Her first crush
or
the boy who took her virginity
or
the boy Who broke her heart.
Dexter was her unfulfilled love, Something that she desired so bad and yet couldn't have.
He shifted in her neighbourhood when she was in her junior year, he didn't go to the school with her because he was much older somewhere around in his graduation. He would have been 23 right now.
He was a weird boy to mostly the entire neighbourhood. suddenly one day he shifted in the neighbourhood without a family or single trace of living entity with him. Nobody knew where he came from or where he went all those days when he went missing.
From the gossip that flew around she knew that he was not enrolled in any university which meant he was either not studying or had to run away from his home.
Winslow, Arizona Was a small town so everybody knew each other mostly and when someone arrived here who was not interested in socialising or communicating or forming bonds with the neighbourhood and the entire town, it made them suspicious.
Also people in small town love gossips since they are so connected everything flies faster.
Isabella had a couple of boyfriends here and there but nothing serious. And Dexter McCoy arrived in her life and she knew what exactly she wanted.
Isabella spent the next one year of her life thinking about just one person. There were so many imaginations that builds up in her head about how they will talk for the first time and maybe he will ask her out and what not but none of them actually came through.
Isabella also felt the heartbreak when she saw different girls leave his house in the morning disorientated. And the fact that he lived just in front of her house was no help.
Isabella was probably the hardest to deal with when she was in her junior year because all these unfulfilled thoughts in her head got her terrible mood swings. Sometimes she would randomly be chirping all around the house so happy that it made her parents wonder what great thing had befallen on her but after next few moments she might be so sad that it got her parents worried about what exactly is wrong with her.
Then something happened, something that would be so trivial to everyone else but was in graved in her memory in the golden ink.
It was the day Isabella was buying presents for her family and friends on the eve of Christmas. Her parents were out of town with Lucas and sante Since they couldn't keep Isabella for babysitting them, And knew very well how reckless one of the twin can get So they thought it was a better option if they just made them tag along.
Isabella was sitting on a bench completely stressed and annoyed. In the hurry to pick up all the ordered presents and the new ones, she had lost Sante's gift. they were twins and everything the both of them always received similar surprises unless and until they demanded for something else.
Isabella had customised two silver bracelets with beautiful hangings like heart and stars. But the most beautiful element of the bracelet was the initials of Sante, Lucas and her name.
She had now lost Sante's present and there was no way in hell that she could manage to customise another one in two days.
Her sister had a tough year this time. With Her mischief skyrocketing, She had done pretty reckless things this year from sneaking out for parties to cursing to teachers and getting grounded.
Isabella knew that she could just buy her something from the store but obviously that wouldn't match the gift she got for Lucas and that will somehow make her feel like she was inferior to Lucas and that was the exact emotion Isabella didn't wanted to brew.
Isabella knew that she could just sit inside the house and worry but somehow she felt suffocated in the house. She knew that she could give the present to Sante and buy a Lucas something else but obviously that would hurt Lucas.
Lucas was a sweet boy which meant he will not necessarily point it out or show it on his face yet he was a sensitive boy which meant that some disparity like this would hurt him immensely from within.
Isabella had loved her siblings from the day they were born and there was no way in the hell that she would hurt either of them which meant there was only one option left that was to buy similar gifts and to keep the bracelet for herself.
Isabella was blank about what she was supposed to buy for them two days before Thanksgiving and how to make it special.
"Are you okay?" Isabella's trans of thoughts broke as a smooth voice asked.
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"Are you okay?" Isabella's trans of thoughts broke as a smooth voice asked.Isabella looked up to a gorgeous pair of grey eyes looking down at her. He was so close that she could smell his lavender perfume with his minty breath on her face.She kept staring for him for a couple of moments before she suddenly backed away."I didn't mean to scare you, I was just wondering if you are okay?" He asked smoothly.She was mentally cursing herself for behaving like a stupid teenager. she was sure that he didn't give a reaction because she already looked quite worried but the slight smirk on his face was a clear indication that he had noticed that she was gawking at him.What the hell was he even doing here and asking if she was okay or not.He was missing from last 60 hours. he disappeared on the night two days ago and then didn't come back until today.Dexter McCoy was known for his indifference and ignorance to those around him. He barely ev
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On the Thanksgiving day she was more depressed than she had ever been in her entire life.Isabella was sitting in her room cursing herself for being so stupid and naive.One year of loving the guy from afar and now when he was finally there to talk to her she had to be rude and drive him away."Come on honey we are about to open presents!" Mrs Parker knocked at the door asking Isabella to accompany her downstairs."I am coming in a moment, mom" she replied.With the havoc of dexter disappearing after the conversation, Isabella couldn't think of anything else, not even to the point where she would have bought any single normal present for Sante. She just had one present and two siblings waiting downstairs.Just like she had predicted some Snoopy neighbour had gotten hold of her and dexter having a conversation and reported it to her mother and father.Her father had always been pretty uninterested in her business which meant he neither
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"Ofcourse" Isabella replied squeezing her palm in assurance."The food is here" Lauren's joyful voice broke the conversation between the two.After handing over burger, fries and a Coke to Isabella and a grilled sandwich to Marissa. Lauren had gotten herself a pizza.Once they started munching on the respective food It was Lauren who broke the silence."So what are you all doing for winter vacations?"They had a revision test scheduled on Monday and the winter vacations were starting from Tuesday.Although Lauren had asked the question to everyone, it was pretty clear that she and Marissa were going to do the same thing so the question was basically directed towards Isabella."Oh me! I am planning to surprise mom, dad, Sante and Lucas by going back home for the vacations" Isabella Replied with a chunk of burger in her mouth."What are you and Marissa doing?" Isabella asked."Obviously our parents want us to come back for
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And Isabella herself loved the idea of having the two of them as a roommate but Mrs Parker was not very happy to comply.Mrs Parker was not very happy about whom Isabella was going to live with and she didn't want their company to affect her academics and therefore denied the whole idea.It wasn't Marissa that Mrs Parker had a problem from but Lauren. The first time Lauren met Mrs Parker, Based on her decision of wearing a small crop top with leather pants and jacket and the bold lipstick and her Fiery dyed peacock green hair made her decide that her daughter had chosen the worst possible company and she would never allow the two of them To Stay friends, sharing apartment was a different story.That was the reason Isabella barely mentioned Lauren's name whenever she was having a conversation with her family. her family conversations whenever happened were always talking about her academics and how they were going and whenever she had to mention going out somewhe
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"Of course" Amanda exclaimed before she ran off on the opposite direction.Isabella's phone Ping as an indication that Amanda had texted her address so she booked a cab and started her journey towards Amanda's apartment.By the time she finally reached there it was 4 PM which meant that it had taken her approximately one hour to reach here and she just wondered how exhausted Amanda might feel travelling so much every day. This might be the reason that she missed so many classes.These were the thoughts that finally led her to think about how grateful she was for having such great parents. Her parents always provided her with everything she had ever wanted but sometimes she wondered what would it like what would it be like to be free, to make your own decisions and to go when ever wherever you likedbecause even though her parents provided her with everything there was a cost to it and that cost was her freedom. she couldn't make a single decision in her lif
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Once done with the Voice Mail Isabella was about to leave when she heard the front door being shut and she predicted it to be the landlord. Not wanting to be alone with whoever had arrived she decided to rush out.She barely knew this place. And maybe the fear of being in a foreign place was finally getting to her because she felt her nerves antsy.She walked out towards the hallway to tell the landlord that she had kept the money and now she was leaving but when she reached the hallway there was no one.She felt chills run all through out her arm when her Side vision made her see a black silhouette.Unfortunately before Isabella could make a move to run or to scream A cloth went right at her nose.She started struggling against the man but he was a very strong she stopped her breath just so the chloroform wouldn't work but she couldn't hold it more than a minute or so before she ended up breathing in the chloroform and fainting right in his arms.
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Isabella woke up with the pounding feeling in her head. It took her a couple of minutes before she could finally open her eyes and when she did, bright sun rays hit her in the face so hard that she had to cover her eyes with her palm for a few minutes before she could see.she could finally hear all the voice shouting and someone roughly tucked her by her Arm making her stand-up."Get up! The boss will be here any moment""Leave me! let me go! what the hell are you doing with me?" She shouted but paused when she realised that her was the only voice audible in the room.Rest every other girl was complying stupidly to what ever the men were saying. After her forceful and loud shout it made all the men and the other girls in the room freeze and look at her in shock.Like it's my fault that you are used to being kidnapped. Isabella mocked them all mentally."Shut up and stand straight" the tall lanky guy told her."Like the hell I would"
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"The girl in the black Hoodie, stays everyone else LEAVE!" He commanded.Isabella looked all around hoping to see another girl with a black Hoodie on but found none of them as she looked up and saw him looking straight at her.All of them started slowly to filter out of the room except for her Marco and Alex."You are following me!" Marco commanded."No I'm not!" Isabella replied As Alex's face morphed into shock but Marco smirked at her.That smirk reminded her so much of dexter."What" Alex shouted."Are you deaf or anything? I am not following him anywhere! I am not following anyone anywhere for that matter. I have no clue why all these girls are following your commands and agreeing to the point that you own them but you do not own me. I am done behaving like a slave" She answered in a strong voice even though she was shaking from within."The audacity" Alex shouted before ready to charge at her."You can leave Alex"
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I watched as the stars twinkled on the bright night. Alone standing there made me realise how much significant change had been there in my life in last two years. Life never got easy did it? Two years ago I was telling Dexter that we will get through everything and anything After almost believing that he was dead. And as I stood here all alone looking at the stars from this cliff and the water beneath this height I couldn't help but wonder about him. Everything was hopeless when we found each other there was no clue how we were going to get through it. Marco hadn't woken up in three years and there was no guarantee that he ever will And yet we were still clinging to the full little hope that someday he might and then the two of us could I have forever for ourselves. For ever was the most forbidden concept for humans. Humans at the end of the day as we are, are mortal and perishable. It took me back to memory of a seminar that I attended once, there we talked about humans mortality
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" you already know about Marco and Maria and how the two of them were having a child. maria wanted Marco to leave the mafia but that wasn't really possible so instead he took her on a vacation to enjoy the news but something went horribly wrong and the wrong people got the clue that the two of them were spending their time on the island. so he was attacked, the attackers killed Maria and almost killed Marco until he went to coma. and that was the day before Thanksgiving, it was my father calling me ...commanding me to come back because the mafia was my responsibility now. obviously I did not want to go back but that does not change a thing because I was abducted back into the world but then they didn't want the news to go round that Marco was in coma, so I was made to look like Marco since we were pretty much identical and I was to manage mafia instead of him until he wakes up which he did not from last three years." He explained."But you are in power now right? so if you wa
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"You are right I have a lot of explaining to do but let's start with introducing you to my brother that is my older step- brother Marco McCoy"Isabella settled patiently at the couch ready for him to explain his story although she would have found it much better if Dexter just sat beside her but maybe he was not just ready to face her yet so he sat on the barstools just beside his brother's bed, looking at him with care and love as he started explaining the story. The only think Isabella couldn't understand was how could Dexter look at him the way he did when Marco and his mother had been nothing but brutal to him."Jacob McCoy! the asshole and unfortunately my father Had tricked Marcos mother into marrying him for a peace treaty that could gain him the power but you already know of that story by Robert.And if you were standing long enough outside that hospital door you would know that my supposed mother is drug addict, which meant that she was ready to s
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"Isabella" he said in a shocked voice."You have a lot of explaining to do" she exclaimed folding her hand in a protective manner around her torso. It was maybe that action that made his eyes zero on her now injured and bandaged arm and in a second the worry was shining in his eyes."What happened to your hand?" He asked concerned."I'll be the one asking questions now" She growled before walking inside and dragging him outside the hospital with his hand in hers."Where are we going?" he asked once they were outside."I don't know" she said as she turned to look at him.It was like she was finally looking at him all over again. That face was the guy she had loved immensely, The only difference was his electric blue eyes and the beard covering his face.She tried to utter something, anything. She wanted to shout at him demanding answers about why he lied about his own death and claimed to have killed himself and yet the shock of everyt
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Another month had passed and Isabella was better at keeping up with the classes right now because her parents were forced into the college one month ago when she did not go to talk to the professor herself. To say Her mother was disappointed would be an understatement, she was madly furious and threw all sorts of colourful words Isabella's way before her father had to drag her mother away but he did not leave before giving Isabella a disappointed look.Luckily Sante and Lucas did not know anything about this whole crisis but they did call her up later. Lucas was just worried about her health but Sante looked like she could almost relate to what ever Isabella was going through and told her older sister to be the big Great sister she always has been and not to think a lot about mom, dad or anyone or being a disappointment because right now the only priority was her mental health and not anything that made her feel like a failure.Isabella felt much better after talking w
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"Kill them all" Marco commanded in the cold voice before taking the lift up to his penthouse.He could still feel faint smell of her lingering into the penthouse although it sounded insane since it had been three months since she left. But maybe Marco was actually going insane after losing her.Marco knew that he could have just told her the truth, removed the blue contacts and everything would be as clear as crystal And yet only he knew that he could not. There was a reason why he was Marco now and that was deadly enough not to just overthrow him and his entire non-existent family but all the mafia syndicates in the world.The only way to keep everything under control was him being Marco. He couldn't even explain it in words the feeling he feels it is hard when she confessed that she had indeed loved him all those years and that she still did, But he also knew that she loved Dexter and he was no longer Dexter, he was Marco and there was no getting away from it.
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Isabella sat quietly in the classroom looking outside the window."Miss Parker" A loud and stern voice made her stop her gazing towards the trees."Yes sir?" She answered mechanically."You may leave the class since you are so much more interested into what's going on outside." He answered annoyed.Isabella quietly picked up her bag and started walking out of the class unconcerned."I would like to have a talk with you after the class Miss Parker" The professor murmured before she left.It had been three months since she was kidnapped. Isabella found herself walking towards her dorm room unwilling to have any communication with the professor.In truth she was unwilling to have any communication with anyone except for two people. Unfortunately one of them was dead and another one had killed the first one.Just like Isabella had wanted Marco did not try to communicate with her even once after she left. On days Isabella found hers
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But there was only one thing Isabella could think of Dexter was dead and Marco was his bitter murderer stepbrother."Tell me he's lying! Tell me you didn't kill Maria. Tell me you didn't kill Dexter and you calling me a sweetheart was just a coincidence and not you keeping an eye on him and knowing it full well that that's what he called me" Isabella growled pulling Marco by his collar Begging him to say that all this that she had been told was a lie but he kept quite.Isabella couldn't help as the sobs wracked her body and she collapsed on the floor crying her heart out."You did it didn't you? You killed dexter, You killed my first love." She accused and something shifted in his eyes.She forcefully picked herself up from the ground as she caught his collar again shaking him furiously."You knew me all along. you knew all of this. you had been keeping an eye on Dexter and that is how... you knew me. that is how you knew everything. Do you know ho
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"My my! a girl in Marco McCoy's bed. That's a sight I never thought I would see" he smirked looking at Isabella and she suddenly felt exposed as she pulled the blanket to her chest."Get out Robert before I pull your gut out!" Marco snarled. Isabella look at him concerned he was overpowered the man in front of him was pointing freaking gun at him and he still has the courage to throw a threat on his face."You have no manners whatsoever how to talk in front of such a beautiful lady do you?" He asked creepily and Isabella wished she could sank into the bed."Stop looking at her or I'll gorge your eyes out and feed them to My Sharks" Marco threatened."You sure possessive of this little one here, though I must say she is not half as beautiful as your last one. You remember her don't You Marco? Her belly swelled with your child such a happy day it was, until you broke into a fit of rage, What do you think is going to happen to this one here?" Robert asked.
