Chapter 22

ISABELLA

But that doesn't change the situation I am in right now; he is a very dangerous and cold man, and I wonder what he could have done to my father if I hadn't stopped his men.

I saved my father's life because I love him, and I can't lose one more person I love. I have never done anything bad to anyone, so why should something like this happen to me?

There are so many bad people in this world who deserve a horrible fate, but they continue in this world without suffering any punishment, while the good people are suffering in the worst way possible.

This is a cruel world, and I don't know if I'm ready for it.

I don't know exactly how much time passes before sleep completely overwhelms me. I fall asleep with my face wet with tears.

God, I so wish this was all a bad dream that would end when I woke up and opened my eyes, but this is all too real, and I will have proof of that when I wake up.

I feel my eyes swollen from hours of crying, and