Isabella's POV:

"I can't do this Leonardo.." I cried looking up and they were all at the door

Every single one of them.

"I can't marry you , I can't be there sister and I.." I sobbed as Leonardo looked at me with the most guilty look I'd ever seen

I couldn't do this anymore

"I'm sorry for what I did to deserve all this , I just wanna be happy" I cried and suddenly summer ran in

"Izzy!" She yelled snatching me off of Leonardo

I cried more seeing her face

She has tears down her face too.

"I can't do it, summer. I'm so scared of him even though I escaped." I spoke with the weakest voice I'd ever heard and it must have confused the others summer instantly knew who I meant though

I just knew I hurt her by being like this but I couldn't help it anymore.

"But he's not here , you made it out iz. You survived and your okay , you are so strong" summer spoke to me carefully with the softest and sweetest voice ever

"Well look where I ended, maybe this is what's meant to be" I mumbled looking up at the door as they all stared at me with tear filled eyes and hurt looks

Summer grabbed my wrist making me look at her

"You are not meant to be an abused and hurt wife , you had it rough from the start Izzy , it's not you that's made you end up here , it's your parents." She told me forcing me to look at her , she was serious and stern so I knew she was being serious

I knew she was right

"Isabella." Vincent called my name

I looked at him with blurry eyes

"I'm sorry"

His words didn't help but they showed he didn't want to hurt me

I didn't say anything, I was choking on my own sobs.

"Remember when Jakob left Izzy , we sat and cried together for hours over anything just because of what was happening at home for both of us , we go through that together nothing has changed we still can go through this together because you can rely on two people in your life yourself and you can rely on me" summer spoke up realising I wasn't stopping crying, she was crying lightly too now

I smiled at the thought seeing Jakobs face drop behind us.

"And we ran away that night , I'd never felt more at home" I finished the story for her and smiled to myself at the memory

"They won't hurt you , not like he did. I'll make sure of it." Summer reassured me grabbing my hand and squeezing it tightly

I couldn't grasp this new reality but one thing was for sure.

I did not want to speak to them

"Isabella can we please talk?" Alexander mumbled and I think he tried to enter the room too but I didn't turn around

"You can speak tomorrow I think Izzy needs time before you all hammer her with all your questions and answers" summer like the absolute saviour she is said shoo-in Leonardo out the room

I turned around to look at them

Wiping my tears.

"Yeah we can talk tomorrow" I muttered so they had no excuse to bother me all night

They all didn't look pleased but nodded either way.

"Thank you" I thanked summer for all her help and also for getting rid of them for the night

"You did the same for me" she said with a smile slowly starting to exit , making sure the others came with her

One last flash of her reassuring smile before she shut the door so none of them could come in here anymore.

I had so many questions.

I was still trying to understand it all so I realised what I could do

A few days ago I asked Leonardo about my schooling because I still wanted to study law snd get the degree no matter what happened

He agreed on letting me have a computer but the agreement was everything I didn't need or anything that could lead to me escaping was blocked or I was unable to access.

So along with all my schooling stuff , Google was also accessible and I can research on there as much as I'd like too

He was able to see my search as he made sure he had access to my search but I didn't care.

I wiped my tears and grabbed the laptop

Sitting down on the fancy desk in here.

I open up the laptop, logging in and opening the search so I could find out more about Alexander, Killian and Ace

Maybe I'd even find something on Vincent and Trevor.

I started searching all sorts of things , finding a news report from a couple years ago

'The de luca family's long lost sister and what we know about her.'

That was the title.

Wow

This was quite a big story.

I read further..

'Isabella Rosa De Luca was her full name , she was born on the 19th of march 2004. She was kidnapped at the age of two. She was apparently taken by one of the De Luca's cooks who was only seen by Isabella's cousin Vincent De Luca (at the time he was 9 years old) on the day of her disappearance- 23rd of April 2006'

"Kidnapped?" I couldn't help but say it out loud

I had always guessed my family abandoned me

I was kidnapped.

Ace's POV:

We were obsessive freaks but we couldn't help it so here we were in the camera room watching her in her room as she searched on her laptop

Leonardo had her search and she didn't know this but he could even hack into her laptop and watch everything she's doing.

He connected this to the computer so we could all see what she was doing too

She had been searching for a little while when she came across a news report

"Kidnapped!?" Her voice squeaked out through the camera as she read the news report

She still thought we had abandoned her.

She was so much like our mother

She scrolled and she scrolled

Finding anything she could until eventually she came across a picture of our mother

Our father sat up as interested to see Isabella's reaction to our mother

We just wanted to talk to her.

I regretted telling her and yelling at her but I can't go back now

She suddenly got out a paper

A picture.

Our mother!

What the fuck

"Holy shit! How does she have a picture of our mother?!" Killian quickly shouted catching all the others attention

This didn't add up

Why would she have a picture of our mother if she's only just found out that's her mother and we're her family?!

She seemed shocked herself.

Rapidly typing

I look at the other computer that showed what she was doing on her laptop

The search being 'who took Isabella De Luca?'

We killed that cook years ago though.

She clicked on a website

'child adducter of Isabella De Luca - Lacey Bell found stabbed and tortured to death in Milan , Italy. Lacey Bell was a mother of two, she had a son who was age 7 at the time of her death , a daughter who was age 12 at the time of her death. Lacey Bell was found dead on 17th of October 2007 under a year and a half after the disappearance of Isabella De Luca'

Isabella seemed to be curious about this now.

Isabella went on with this search for hours but she didn't seem to find much else

She had started writing it down though so she'd be able to remember and understand all the information she was finding out.

It was getting really late now and Isabella kept falling asleep at the laptop until she was out cold

"We should go bed" Trevor mumbled seeing she was asleep and I agreed we should but I didn't wanna leave Isabella asleep at the desk like that

"I'll move her don't worry" Leonardo told me knowing exactly what I was thinking

Tomorrow we'd make this all right.

"Okay be careful with her please" my father told Leonardo, Leonardo nodded reassuring my father he would

"Night" Vincent was his usual blunt self but today I think he's spoken the most he had to me

He cared for Isabella because he blamed himself for her disappearance

He was the last person to see her and he couldn't stop the woman but he was a kid

None of us blame him.

"Night Trevor , night Vincent" Killian wished both our cousins goodnight as they both walked out

We didn't have to wish Jakob good night because he was with summer , probably doing her head in but he was trying to bond.

I knew for me it was going to be a long night as I felt really guilty about all this but I was going to make it right.

Leonardo's POV:

I walked into my beautiful Isabella's bedroom

She was still fast asleep at that desk of her with the laptop still on and logged into

I gently picked her up and with care I carried her over to her bed , I got on the bed with her in my arms ,laying down stroking her long hair out of her face.

She was so beautiful

Pure beauty.

She moved in my arms so I decided to stay until she was deep enough into sleep so that I could put her down

I sat for a little when my father appeared at the door

"Hey son" he mumbled with a small smile at the door , entering the room slowly

He looked happy for me

"Hey father" I whispered in a deep tone looking down at Isabella, who looked peaceful in her sleep.

"Your lucky she may hate you but she doesn't despise you , be gentle because one thing I regretted with your mother was being cruel and angry around her all the time" my father spoke wisely and I listened to every word

Him and my mother found eachother in a similar way but instead they dated at first until she found out about his work and family

She tried to leave him and run but he couldn't survive without her so he chased her to the end of the world

One day finally she realised he was a good hearted man who was forced into a life of killing

He was forced to be a killer and be heartless when it came to killing.

Then they had me.

"I know father I'm trying" I spoke in a low voice because I didn't want to wake Isabella

My father nodded like he knew I was trying.

He trusted me

"She's had quite a harsh life hasn't she , poor girl" my father looked around her room , stopping at a picture of her and summer together when they were younger

I nodded, he was right I didn't know exactly what had happened but I had a few ideas and it hurt to know.

The moment I can be sure her parents hurt her , they're dead.

My father moved around again not stopping until he reached Isabella's desk

He logged out the laptop for me

His eyes landed on the piece of paper she was writing on before when she was searching

"Did you know she was trying to find out who the son and daughter of that Lacey girl are?" My father randomly said making me squint my eyes

No i didn't

"No? She wants to know who the children are? Why?" I asked in a quiet voice very confused on why on earth she'd ever need to know them

She was fast asleep so I placed her down on the bed

Kissing her on the forehead before walking towards my father to see the paper too.

He was right

Why though?

They haven't done anything yet

Have they?!

I guess only time will tell with Isabella.

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Chapter 17 ahhhh yay finished!!

Hope you all are enjoying the story , I have a pretty big plot planned for this story so really hope you like it 🫶🏼