Twelve.

As soon as Isabella got home, she collapsed on her bed, grateful that it wasn't one of the days when her best friend usually stayed over at the house with her. And Anna would have if she didn't have a night shift to cover at the restaurant where she worked her second job.

Isabella was tired and afraid. Tired because of how adamant Seth had turned out to be about the baby and his intention of making the baby his. Afraid because she was sure he would pull through that plan of his. She might not know the man well enough but from the little time she spent with him, she could tell that he was a man who stuck to his words and made it through with his plan.

She suddenly missed her mom and she wished that she was with the older woman right now. Before she could talk herself out of it, she brought out her phone and called her mother. The older woman picked the call up even before the first ring was over.

"Bella dear, may you live to be a thousand years. I was just thinking about you now and you