Chapter 027

Family Friction

Desperate to be graceful, Isabelle baked cookie after cookie until they newly scented the Fernandez penthouse. She cast nervous glances at Carlos, working his jaw and pacing across the living room.

"Relax," Isabelle tried to sound more confident than she felt, "it's just your in-laws. We have handled worse."

He rinsed his face, then halted pacing to rake a hand through his hair. "Your parents have never liked me, Isabelle. And now with everything that's happened."

The mention of her parents reminded her of how unfair she had been treated growing up as a young girl under the so-called parents, after the tragic passing of her true parents.

Margaret was the elder sister of her mother who took the responsibility to shelter her. The idea of sheltering Isabelle didn't go well with her husband, Mr. Robert Williams. But out of the love for his wife, he hesitantly accepted.

While others where in school, Isabelle was abruptly stopped from going to school. She lived with them lik