Chapter 140

Bella shakes her head, fingers picking at her nails. “No but mom won't let me stay here, she's had it with me. She'll ship me off to some boarding school overseas with nuns or some shit.”

“That's a bit of an exaggeration Bella, you're not going to boarding school. Mom is mad now but she'll cool off soon enough, trust me she can't stay mad at you. You're her baby.” I grin.

“No, I'm not her baby. She's just so hard on me that sometimes I think of running away, like you did.” she nervously laughs. “Actually I've thought about it quite a few times, I guess that's why she treats me like you.”

I gulp, moving my feet off the sofa to make room for her. I've noticed that Arabella and mom always clash over the smallest and pettiest details. It's not your normal mother daughter fights, it's more, Bella overreacts and I'm beginning to think she has been given reason to. “Come here,” I pat the seat.

In response she groans but shifts seats anyway. “What do you mean?”

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