She was just an unloved foster girl...
Isabel's heart cried out. She already felt ignored. George and Bernard were always too busy to bother with her.
The only person who could save her was far away, and as for Andrei...
Isabel watched the knife coming towards her face and couldn't help but find the idea of Andrei rescuing her ridiculous.
He loathed her, and she certainly didn't want to owe that jerk any favors.
"I will survive. I'll make them pay, all of them! Angelina, Lennie, Morley, and everyone who has ever bullied me!"
Isabel's eyes filled with indignant tears, and she silently vowed to get revenge. Closing her eyes in despair, she braced for the pain of the blade, but it never came. Instead, a startled scream from Angelina echoed in the air.
"Oh!"
Opening her eyes, Isabel sa
