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Hate Me Then. Beg Me Now. Chapter 11
Later, they came one more time.After Victor was discharged from the hospital, he and Marco flew to Australia again. They did not warn me in advance. They simply appeared outside the institute gates. Security stopped them and called to ask whether I was willing to see them.I thought about it for a moment before saying yes.They stood inside the visitor room looking thinner than before. Victor’s hair had turned noticeably whiter, and dark shadows hung beneath Marco’s eyes.The conversation was exactly the same as before.Apologies. Regret. Requests for me to come home.I sat across from them and repeated the same answers I had already given once before.I would not go back. I was doing well here. Please do not come again.Victor stayed silent for a very long time before finally asking in a hoarse voice, his eyes red, “Isabella, can’t you forgive us just once? We’re family. We share the same blood.”I looked into his eyes.I had known those eyes for more than twenty years. When I had fe
Hate Me Then. Beg Me Now. Chapter 10
Victor suddenly reached behind him and dragged someone forward.It was Sophia.I had not even realized she had followed them to Australia. She had been hiding silently in the hallway the entire time.“Isabella,” Victor said, his voice shaking, “I was wrong. I know that now. She lied to us from the beginning.”Sophia kept her head lowered, her lips pressed tightly together without saying a word.“That allergy incident wasn’t your fault,” Victor continued. “She bought the honey herself and rubbed it on her own skin before dinner.”His grip around Sophia’s arm tightened so hard that his knuckles turned white.“We found it in her drawer. And all the other things too. She broke the jewelry herself. She cut her own dress. The injuries on her arms were self-inflicted.”With every sentence, his voice grew quieter.“She framed you every single time.”Then he looked at me with bloodshot eyes.“Isabella… your father was wrong.”Marco stood behind him in silence, his eyes red, his lips trembling f
Hate Me Then. Beg Me Now. Chapter 9
I told them everything that had happened after Sophia entered the family, piece by piece.From the first time she broke my jewelry and blamed me for it, to the day everyone forgot my graduation, to the night I was thrown out of the house and left standing alone in the rain.Professor Hayes stayed silent for a long time after I finished speaking. Finally, he removed his glasses, wiped them slowly, and said only one sentence.“You’re safe here.”That sentence almost made me cry more than any comfort could have.Marianne handed me a cup of hot tea. Tom stood awkwardly near the doorway, still holding the coffee mug that never seemed fully clean, looking as though he wanted to say something but did not know how.“Alright,” Professor Hayes finally said as he stood. “Back to work. The lab won’t wait for anyone.”I nodded.Christmas that year was warm. Melbourne’s summer sun burned against the skin.A birthday cake that truly belonged to me tasted better than I had ever imagined.It was not a
Hate Me Then. Beg Me Now. Chapter 8
Time passed at a steady, quiet pace.Life at the institute was calmer than I had imagined. Every morning, I reported to the lab at seven, and every night, the lights went out at ten. There were no family banquets, no obligations to entertain powerful people, and no one standing beside me telling me what I should or should not do.There were only data and reports, Tom occasionally handing me a cup of coffee, and Professor Hayes saying, in his usual calm voice during meetings, “Good work.”That was enough.My room stayed exactly the way it had been when I first arrived. A bed, a desk, a chair, and a wardrobe. I never added anything unnecessary.I had once owned a much larger room. It had a fireplace and faced the main house of the Colobo estate. It was the room that had belonged to the eldest daughter of the family for generations. Later, that room was given to someone else.Now this small cabin was mine.No one could take it from me.Before I knew it, Christmas had arrived.I woke early
Hate Me Then. Beg Me Now. Chapter 7
Luca was woken by Sophia’s phone call.He had not been sleeping well lately. Every time he closed his eyes, he saw Isabella walking alone into the rain that night. She had looked so hurt, and he had done nothing, even though he had once promised that he would protect her forever.How had things ended up like this?He answered the call and immediately heard Sophia crying. Out of habit, he began comforting her.“Sophia, don’t cry. You know I can’t stand hearing you cry. Tell me what happened. Who upset you?”Sophia sniffled on the other end.“It’s your fault and Uncle Victor’s fault. Ever since Isabella disappeared, they’ve been taking it out on me. It’s not like I made her leave. Why are they ignoring me?”“Ever since we got off the plane, neither of them has said a single word to me. Luca, I feel awful. Can I come see you?”Isabella disappeared.That was the only thing Luca heard. The girl who used to follow behind him and say she would stay with him forever was gone.Melbourne, Austra
Hate Me Then. Beg Me Now. Chapter 6
After redecorating Isabella’s room to Sophia’s taste, the Colobo family took her to Switzerland for the ski trip she had always wanted.But after only a week, Marco began to feel restless.He kept checking his phone, but the notification he was waiting for never came. The day before had been his birthday, an important day for the eldest son of the Colobo family. In the past, Isabella had never missed it. Even if she could not be there, her message and gift would always arrive on time. She remembered every date that mattered. Their father had taught her that.This was the first time there was nothing.An uneasy feeling settled in his chest. Something felt wrong.He finally spoke.“Father, I want to go back.”Victor had been in a foul mood as well. Over the past two days, he had been drinking more than usual. The bottle of whiskey on the bar had gone down by nearly half in less than a day. He poured himself another glass but did not answer right away.Nearby, Sophia was playing with a sn
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