ISOBEL I walked aimlessly through the hallway, and my mind was a mess and no matter how hard I tried to understand what was going on, I couldn’t. My father’s words kept echoing in my head and haunting my thoughts. “I don’t care about Isobel… You can kidnap her for all I care…” I clenched my fists to get a hold of myself and try to calm my racing heart that was pounding against my ribs but nothing was working because I knew that he really meant it. He wouldn’t care if I was kidn*pped again. He ouldn’t lift a finger to try to find me because he didn’t even want me in the first place. I swallowed hard, and my throat felt dry. I shouldn’t have been surprised but I couldn’t help myself. I already knew that he never truly saw me as his daughter. Maybe he just tolerated me while my mother wa

