Semua Bab ISABELLA: Bab 11 - Bab 20

SABELLA'S POVThe helicopter stopped in an unknown country , which I later found out to be south Africa , the men drove us to a mini secluded area , there were no many houses , we were told to submit our cell phones.I couldn't refuse , they were armed , I wasn't. Whoever sent them must be wealthy I concluded, we were driven to an unknown building , it was a desolated house situated in the middle of nowhere. I think they were trying to avoid been tracked , who were there running from . I would think of that later , right now all I could comprehend was the fact that , I was out of Nigeria, away from santiago and the throbbing ache in my head. The house looked more like a warehouse , the ware house was built with bricks, and a weird type of roofing sheets , it looked more like a woven metal ,made solely for the purpose of design rather than being a roof top , we were walked through a cracked door at the back of the house , this left me wondering why they didn't use the front

Chapter 13Getting into my room , I shut the door , this is definitely going to be a crazy stay , I wouldn't be here if only I wasn't born to such a family, if only I had the normal peaceful life everyone else had.That doesn't matter right now, I'm stuck .ACE'S POVThat was a lot guts outside there , she had quite a temper for such beautiful face , did I just acknowledge she is beautiful? , well she is , that doesn't change the fact that she is extremely rude too. Pacing around my room perturbed, or perhaps I was the rude one who needed rebranding?, No I wasn't . Getting out of my office suit which I had on close to an hour after getting to my room , I hung it at the other end of my room where I kept my already used clothes , till whenever Thomas came around, Thomas is my personal dry cleaner , he comes every Friday to take my clothes for laundry and returns them on Sunday. Checking my phone for the time , it was 7pm , just in time my phone began buz

CHAPTER FIFTEEN"Hmmm , interesting , when was this friendship built and why wasn't I informed" she said grinding from ear to ear "Come off it mum , just today, while I was returning from school , he asked to be my friend" I said carefully omitting the other events , I didn't want to bother her , I was a fighter or so I thought."So far he is not a bad person, that is good to know, but you know the rules, you can't go to very public places with him, you can't risk been seen ""Don't you think I know all of that already, a rule I lived with since I was a child " I added bitterly, I was always confined to the house and just my mum."You should invite him over tomorrow so we don't get to eat up this whole cake all by ourselves" "I would invite jane""Jane , doesn't even eat much, unless you want all our efforts to be wasted, or is there a reason why you don't want me to meet this new friend of yours""Fine , I would invite him over, after school tomorr

CHAPTER SEVENTEENTRACYAce has never been one to express himself to anybody, he got worse after our mum died , he barely spoke a sentence containing up to ten words , he refrained from people, he said they drained him.Aunt tricia and I couldn't get him to take interest in settling down , he gave aunty tricia audience before usually waving off the topic,but he never considered listening to me , he always sees me as a child and was used to making choices for me, it wasn't his fault , he is nine years older than I am.He is turning thirty three this year , yet he has never dated any girl not thought of having a serious relationship with any . Aunt tricia tried to get him to pick from his numerous flings and one night stands , he said they were all gold digging whores and non caught his fancy.He has only been committed to one woman , that was twelve years ago , she broke him , turned him into the monster he is and left ,after Stephanie , Ace was done with women I couldn't blame h

CHAPTER NINETEEN"Hey, senorita, you must be Ace's African beauty, he's been talking about the whole month " he smiled revealing his neatly arranged set of teeth , he is so handsome, almost as Ace, ... Did I just compare him to Ace?, Why?That was surprising, Ace talking about me to some random person, perhaps his friend , he never acted as though he saw me until there seemed to be a daring cause for us to talk."I'm Isabella, and yes I'm half African, who are you please?" I replied wiping my hand on the table napkin as I stood up ."Wow , it's my pleasure to finally meet you, you are ten times more beautiful than I imagined " he said drawing one of the chairs very close to mine.Feeling a little uncomfortable, I sat silently , wishing Ace would come down soon or someone else."Good morning sir " mary greeted , with a generous smile"Morning ma'am,how are you doing" they seemed aquainted with one another ."Good , you haven't come around in almost a month , hope you are good?""Yes ,