Chapter 22Bella“I have a sister?” I managed; I was in complete shock. He had run off and started a new family, conveniently forgetting about his old one.“I’m sorry to tell you like this. Can we please meet up somewhere? I am in the area.”“How did you find me?” I asked, ignoring his request to meet.“I had an old friend looking for you. He was still in the area and was able to find you quiet easily considering you are a journalist for the Herald. That’s amazing by the way, I’m so proud of you.”That did it. I snapped.“How dare you! I shouted. You pretend I don’t exist for most of my life, and then you waltz back in, telling me I have a sister and that you are proud of me? How dare you!!!!” I yelled.“I’m sorry Bella, but I couldn’t stay. You probably don’t remember all the arguments y

 Chapter 24AxelBella was quiet all the way home. Ink was waiting for us when we got back, he stopped us as we walked past. “My office?” he ordered. He made it sound like a question, but that wasn’t Prez. I nodded and went to follow him, but Bella stopped me. “You mind if I go to rest? I don’t want to talk about it again.” “Of course not, I will update Ink.” I kissed her on her beautiful plump lips. They were swollen, probably caused by her biting them, it was her telltale sign of her worrying. “I’ll come up soon, ok baby?” she nodded and headed toward the stairs. I followed Prez into his office. “Close the door” he

Chapter 26BellaI headed back to the room where my father and Stacey stood. “Everything go ok?” He asked. “Yeah, they took the blood and said they would run it right away.” I wanted some chocolate to help me feel better, I had been feeling slightly light-headed since my blood was taken. They had to take a lot. I headed back to the entrance, remembering the vending machine I had spotted when we came in. I bought a few bars of chocolate and scoffed them down quickly. “Slow down babe, you’ll choke!” Alex laughed. “I need sugar, I feel lightheaded after that.” “Ok babe, come sit down before you fall down.” I went to sit down with him. We talked for a while about random things, he asked me if I always wanted to be a journalist. I told him I had, ever since I was little. I used to watch the news with my dad, and I loved it. He used to sit me on his knee of an evening, and we

Chapter 28AxelShe was finished an hour later. I had decided to wait until we were alone before I told her what Ink had told me. I was however, going to keep her here as long as I could. I went into the room where she was just dressing. “Hi beautiful, how are you feeling?” She smiled that beautiful smiles of hers for me. “Hi, I’m feeling ok.” I handed her the flowers I had remembered to buy on the way back up from my meeting with Peter, “these are for you beautiful. I’m so proud of you” I leant down, kissing her. “Aww thank you” she said, accepting the flowers. “I love them.”We were told right away that her examination came up clear. They had been sent her records from her local doctor back in North Carolina. Dr. Fielding came to tell us that she was needed on Friday for her second lot of bloods, then if all is well, her procedure would be done on the Mond

Chapter 30BellaI woke up a while later, I wasn’t sure how long I had been out. I opened my eyes and saw three men standing round. One of them was snarling at me. He had a bloody nose and my bottom lip had swollen up; he must have been the one I kicked. I tried to move, but I had rope tied around my stomach and was hand cuffed to the chair, so I couldn’t move my arms or legs. “Who are you?” I asked. “We’re the people you should be afraid of little girl.” One of the men snarled. “Pfft, I don’t think so man, I live in a clubhouse full of the scariest men I’ve ever met. You lot don’t scare me.” I said, I was trying to be brave, not letting them intimidate me and thinking I was afraid, but I was, I was really scared. I noticed someone in the corner lying down. A woman. She looked like she was sleeping, but in a heap. She had probably been knocked out too. Her head tur