"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 liked because 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 life without her mother poking her nose in it and trying to change it and she usually succeeded which meant that what ever Isabella had done in her entire life what is the product is of her mothers manipulation and choices.
And sometimes it made her feel like she was more of a pet that got things and had to follow the command rather than their child.
Isabella avoided such thoughts because somewhere or the other it made her feel guilty she didn't like thinking bad about her parents after knowing how blessed she was to have them.
So her mind again drifted off to the grey eyed man. He was the reason that she hadn't had a single relationship in the last three years although she knew that the chance of her finding him again was insignificant and even if they met again what were the chances of them ending up together when they have had barely one single conversation in a complete year that to ending in disaster.
When she finally reached Amanda's apartment, She tried her best to hide it but she couldn't hide the distance that she felt from within. The neighbourhood looked crashed and the buildings looked like they were about to collapse any moment. People who walked around on the roads looked like criminals and Stealers which was the reason she was grateful that she had decided to carry a hoodie today.
Sneaking her way through the road making sure not to make any eye contact with any of the hooligans So that she didn't end up in any trouble she sneaked her way into amanda's apartment.
When Amanda told her that she lived in the trashy part of the city and Isabella didn't expect it to be this worst. The roads were unsafe and there were hooligans molesting girls right on the road and nobody tried to stop them. Isabella felt extremely bad for Amanda almost to the point where she decided that once she meets Amanda again she would try and discuss it with Amanda to shift.
Isabella was not very rich at the home but she was enough financially stable that she didn't have to work part-time to afford her life so she decided to maybe work part time at a cafe or something to help out Amanda.
With the thoughts in her head she went inside Amanda's apartment which was barely furnished.
There was absolutely nothing in the apartment except for a bedspread a pillow and and a blanket in the hallway. There was also a small table which had books on it But that was all that accompanied the congested Hall.
She walked towards the kitchen which was even more minimal with just basic essentials and a fridge that looked like it couldn't perform its basic function.
Isabella scolded herself mentally when she realise that unwillingly she had started to judge Amanda and that's not what she wanted to do instead she wanted to help her so she decided to leave the rent in its place effective immediately.
The kitchen was completely messed up and so was the hallway so Isabella predicted that maybe Amanda had left the apartment in Hurry this morning. And it was pretty much expected because she had to travel one hour just to reach the University.
Isabella left the money in the wooden box where exactly she had to put it and decided maybe she could do a little thing for Amanda by just cleaning stuff up.
All the while Isabella made sure that she did not snoop in Any of Amanda stuff while she cleaned her apartment. Once satisfied with her work her exhaustion got back to her again so she decided to call Amanda and inform her that she was leaving and also ask about Julia's state.
When Isabella tried calling Amanda it went straight into the voicemail so she decided to leave a voicemail instead.
"Hi Amanda I have already placed the rent money in the wooden box you have specified so do not worry about your landlord kicking you out also call me when you get this because I am really worried about Julia! take care"
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.
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.
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"
"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"
He finally stopped at the bedroom Throwing her on the bed."LET ME GO" she shouted half scared as the man dragged and shoved her on a bed, she presumed.Obviously she presumed, she had a blindfold on from the moment she was shoved on his shoulder."The sooner you stop fighting the better for you" he replied in a calm voice. His voice did something to her. She held her tongue for a minute, not because she was going to stop fighting HELL NO! But because of what his voice reminded her of!His touch wasn't foreign neither his voice. WEIRD!"Didn't think that would work" he chuckled."IT DIDN'T you idiotic pig" she shouted struggling as he laughed."Glad you are finding my misery funny" she growled."No wonder Alex wanted to feed you off to his Piranhas" he laughed.Her entire body stilled at the thought. They wanted to kill her? but she couldn't hold her tongue now could she?"Then what am I still doing here?" She sas
"Who are you?" the girl suddenly turned around with her green eyes narrowed at her ended knife pointing in her direction.Isabella froze at her place.She wasn't sure if it was the knife that scared her or the girls beauty."I .. I am the new maid" She stuttered."Weird! Marco never keeps maids here!" She looked confused."Anyways I am Lindsay" She said raising her hand up for Shake before she realised that she was still holding the knife that was now pointed towards Isabella and Isabella took a few couple steps back so Lindsay laughed at her before keeping the knife on the counter and then pulling her in for a hug.All the while the only thing that Isabella's head could comprehend what is the fact that Lindsay had called Marco MARCO."You call him that?" Isabella asked.Isabella wondered if this girl right here was maybe Marco's girlfriend or his wife because she was the only one in the penthouse except for Marco and she was c
isabella held her breath for few moments and lindsay didnt say anything either. everything made better sense to isabella now, she was kidnapped accidently so if she tells this to marco that she isnt amanda, he might let her go.But there was a more pressing thought in her head as she asked."so do all mafia leaders provide their girlfriends with so much information about their businesses or is your boyfriend way to liberal to believe that as his girlfriend you deserve to know it all"it surely didnt sound offensive to lindsay but all those who knew isabella, would know that she was purposely being rude and offensive.lindsay just chuckled in reply for a few moments and that infuriated isabella even more. so she was his girlfriend."Well I wouldn't know now would I?" Lindsay chuckled."Since my boyfriend is not a mafia leader" she continued.Isabella looked at her confused."But didn't you just pointed out a few moments ago that
"There has been a big ass mistake here Mr McCoy" she started Before her mind retorted that this was the worst way of starting this Conversation but it was too late."I am listening Miss Parker" he replied."Okay Mr McCoy so the girl you were intended to kidnap and save from prostitution was not me but my friend Amanda who lived in that apartment but due to some emergency she had to leave and I was just doing her a favor by dropping of her rent in her apartment. Lindsey told me how you kidnapped or bought all those girls in just to give them shelter and a life and I am truly touched by what you have done for those girls but I do not need you to do it for me. I already have a life, family and friends and a boyfriend waiting for me. so I think since we have cleared this doubt here that I am not in the need of being saved or Given a livelihood. I request you to let me go" She concluded in one single breath.Marco still munched on his food quietly without uttering a
"My darling you are a good girl are you not? And good girls don't curse do they?" he mocked.Isabella looked at him shocked and her breath was caught into her chest. She had heard these words a very very long time ago.But the question was how did he know? or was it all just a coincidence!Her head went back to the memories buried deep in her mind.*3 years agoIsabella was on her way back home from the school. The day had been pretty exhausting and she wanted nothing more than to just sleep.Just when her house was in her eyesight she saw her mother, Mrs Parker talking with a fellow neighbour. The fellow neighbour was Mrs Smith.The woman was known for being the gossip queen of the entire town.Instantly Isabellas gaze went back to the Dexter's house. He looked pissed off and the sound of his curses Could be heard a few house afar.Isabella quickly look back to her house to make sure that neither her mom nor Mrs Smith h