? Chapter Thirty [ 30 ] ?
? Edward Richmond ?
” What’s going on Edward ? Why did you kidnap that little girl in there ?” My wife whispered sharply ” Take her back . Annalisa must be very worried about her . ”
My wife knows a lot more about Annalisa being Isabella’s younger sister. She even begged me to let her see Isabella but I didn’t give her that chance. She is too emotional and she might attract a lot of attention. I even threatened her that if she dares tells anyone about this then I will kill her altogether with Isabella.
” Darling , if you truly want to be alive then you will keep your mouth shut . ” I brought my index finger to her lips ” Go and cook some dinner please. ” I shooed her away and she obeyed .
I smiled proudly as I thought of all the lies I’m going to tell my daughter , Isabella . So she can turn against Annalisa and more especially Ethan . I have already found a suitable and richer man for her to get married to . All I have to do is to convince her into agreeing with me .
I didn’t actually kidnap Isabella . My men did and I paid them money to make sure that they came to a remote area where i would Pretend as if I was saving her . Isabella saw me before she fainted . She mumbled ‘Thank you ‘ to me and I couldn’t be more prouder of myself than that .
I stared at her as she mumbled something in her sleep . She has been drugged . I guess the drugs are already out of her system because she slowly sat up taking in her surrounding .
” You are awake sweet girl . ” I said to her and she just nodded with a confused look ” Don’t worry , you are home and safe . ” I smiled politely .
” Where am i ? What happened ?” She asked ” Did you manage to fight all those men by yourself ?” She said easily remembering what Happened .
” I guess i managed . I even called the police . They are locked up now ” I rose from my chair ” Do you like your new room ?” I pointed out . She looked around .
I used one of the guestroom in my house to decorate a nice welcoming room for Isabella . Her room was all pink and stuff because every girl likes pink .
” I actually hate pink , not to be rude or anything . ” She concluded ” beside I won’t stay for too long . You should take me home now . It’s getting late . ” She said as she tried to get off the bed .
” No , stay in there please . One of those guys who have kidnapped you is still in the loose . ” I held up my palm and she sat back ” it’s too dangerous for you to go anywhere right now . Me and my wife don’t mind having you for the night .”
” Well , let me a least call my friends to tell them I’m okay . ” She gave me a look ” I bet i won’t take much of your time . ”
” First of all , I would like to discuss something with you before you can think of contacting anyone . ” I sat back down ” Just relax and listen to what I have got to say because it’s very important . ”
” Okay . That’s the least I could do after what you did for me ” she sat back and stared straight at me .
” I’m actually Annalisa’s father . The richest man in this town of course . ” I bragged ” and I want to save you from all the bad people in your life especially my daughter , Annalisa . ”
” Ooh… Really ?” She said softly” Don’t mind me . Go on , I’m listening. ” She waved her hand up . .
I continued telling her about Annalisa and how she killed Tiffany last year . Isabella looked shocked the minute I told her that . She touched her heart slightly . I even showed her some of the pictures Ethan’s Mother threated me with . Isabella shook her head rapidly in disbelief .
” I can’t believe Annalisa out of so many people could murder a person . ” Isabella said in disguse and I knew that I got her fooled good .
” I’m surprised too Isabella . She used to be a very good girl . ” I continued ” Did she tell you that she was planning on running away with Ethan ?”
” What ? She never mentioned that to me. ” Isabella shrugged it off ” Beside Ethan loves me more than her , I bet he wouldn’t do such a thing .”
” You are too quick to conclude things dear . You don’t even know that Annalisa is carrying Ethan’s child . ” I glanced over her ” Right ? ”
” I never thought about that too . I just don’t believe that Annalisa would keep such a thing from . She has always being nice towards .”
” But Isabella . She lied about you being her biological sister . She didn’t tell you the truth . Here ” I handed the copy of the DNA results ” See for yourself that Ethan and Annalisa are indeed hiding a lot of secrets from you . ”
” I’m Annalisa’s sister ?” She covered her mouth ” But I don’t understand why she didn’t say anything to me . ” She looked at me then back at the DNA results .
” She is too embarrassed to tell the whole world about you Isabella . ” I sat at the edge of the bed ” Ethan is even ashamed to introduce you to his family . You have been staying in that house like forever and no one , even your sister Annalisa never thought of introducing you to me or your mother . ”
” Is it ? I never saw it that way but you are right . I always wondered why Ethan’s Mother never came around the house . ” She stared at me hopefully ” Sometimes I feel lonely and for a fact that my own parents threw me away but why ?”
” It was never my choice to throw you away Isabella . Your mother didn’t want you . She was too focused on Annalisa that the minute she got pregnant with you . She thought of throwing you away but I insisted that we keep you but Annalisa’s mom had already planned her h©rrible plan . ” Isabella just sighed in sadness ” I fought for you but Annalisa’s mom won . She threw you away the day I went off for a business trip . When I came back , you were long gone . She is such a heartless person , I’m even scared of doing anything around her . She may act all nice towards you but remember that she is like her daughter Annalisa . They are both evil in many ways .”
” My mother didn’t want me ? But why ?” She choked out with tears already spilling out of her eyes ” Why didn’t she want me ?”
” I wish I could tell you why but it’s truly painful for me . I cried everyday hoping to find you and when I finally did . I couldn’t stay away anymore that’s why I came to your rescue . ” I pointed out ” Those men were hired by Annalisa to get rid of you so she can be with Ethan . I bet they are celebrating right now but not for too long . ”
” Ethan ? My Ethan ? That’s simply impossible . ” She mumbled ” They wouldn’t betray me like that . ”
” Well they did but Don’t dwell on those kind of people . They don’t deserve a girl like you in their lives ” I added ” Don’t you want to make me proud ? I was expecting maybe you would take over everything Isabella . I’m getting old and my elder daughter doesn’t care . You are my only hope dear .” I touched my heart slightly while I laughed inside .
” What can I do to help you ?” She whispered ” I have nothing , I’m alone and the world is kicking me down everyday.”
” You can start by wiping those tears . Ethan is an asshole , he doesn’t care about anyone but himself .” I said ” I bet he thought of marrying you after he found out that you are part of the Richmond family . ”
” Yeah , i remember he mentioned something about talking to his parents about our marriage . I was even surprised ” she uttered slowly ” Do you think he might be using me ?”
” Yes he is . Don’t give him that privilege . He is too stuck up . I bet he will Pretend as if he cares about you the minute you appear at his doorstep. ” . ” look , you can choose to be with him after this but he always remember that he is using you . As for Annalisa , she is a murderer and a Manipulater . You should be careful around her. ”
” I don’t know what to believe anymore . Everything feels so damn hard . ” She glared at me . ” Im even finding it hard to believe that Annalisa could murder someone . ”
” Don’t wait for her to show you through you . I have warned that Tiffany girl before but she never listened , look now . She is dead and Annalisa is using you . ” I murmured ” Annalisa might kill you too . Ethan knows everything and he still hid everything from you . Think about it Isabella . You are like a trophy he wants to show off to his family . ”
” I feel tired . Can you please excuse me . I want to take some rest ” she touched her head slightly. ” Everything is too hard to sallow right now . ”
” I understand .” I stood up ” don’t you want to call anyone at the moment ?” I asked slowly praying that she says no .
” Not at all . I changed my mind . God knows what they are planning to do next . ” She lied down ” shut the door on your way out. ” She whispered . I just stalked out of the room with a proud smile plastered on my face .
This is the only way to make Isabella my puppet . I have got to feed her more lies so she can listen to whatever i say anytime . She is my only hope to success . Every lie counts and the more she believes me , the more I pull the strings further more .
When I arrived downstairs , my wife immediately attacked me with a phone call .
” Honey . Annalisa wants to talk to you on the phone . ” She worringly handed me the phone ” I think she needs our help . ”
I took the phone out of her hand ” Listen here Annalisa . Stop calling us because we are no longer your parents. ” I said coldly and my wife winced as she she shot me a desperate look .
” Father please , let’s put our differences aside. I have nowhere to go . Ethan kicked me out of his house. I need a place to stay for the night ” she begged ” i promise I will get out of your house first thing in the morning ” she said through the cellphone .
” Don’t you dare come here young lady. I’m tired of your nonsense. ” I warned ” I will fucking call the police if you step on my yard . ” Then I hanged up before she can argue .
” Edward , our daughter needs our help … please …” She cried out . ” Let her come her for the night . ”
” Don’t start with me Woman. ” I pushed her on the floor ” Next time I will do more than this. ” I kicked her so hard that she instantly wept .
” You are making a lot of noise stupid . !” I pulled her by her hair . ” Shut up . ” She cried silently and that was fair enough . I don’t want anyone disrespecting me in my house . Things have got to go my way even if it means killing someone then i would .
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