Welcome To My Life novel Chapter 38

Isobel had no idea that Yasmin had talked to Freddie, so after she asked Yasmin to help her with the properties, she bought plane tickets for 10:20am the second day.

When they got back to the apartment, Amanda wanted to say something, but stopped on second thought.

Isobel sat down on the couch, and poured herself a cup of water, then she took out the plane ticket, "Mom, I already bought the tickets, tomorrow morning 10:20."

"Isobel, do you really want to leave? I thought you liked that Hamish boy?"

When she heard that, Isobel paused, then she leaned back into the couch, and suddenly laughed, "But you are right, he is a big person, except for getting money from him, there is nothing for me to do. Or should I hope to be able to marry him one day?"

These were the words Amanda had told her when she asked her for money back then, and now that Amanda heard her own words, she felt awkward about it, "Isobel, that's not what I meant, you are such a great kid, why..."

Isobel tilted her head and looked at her, "Mom, dad already died, all I have is you now, or do you want to leave me too?"

"I, that's not what I meant, I just..." When she was more clear headed, she felt the guilt rise in her, and Amanda slapped herself, "All my fault, it's all my fault! If it wasn't for me, you would have been able to stand straight in front of him."

Isobel was startled, and when she caught herself, she took her hands and covered her eyes, "In the beginning, all he wanted was for me to be his mistress."

Even though she was naive, it was all gone now.

She didn't want to talk about the past, "Mom, you should rest, I will sleep here tonight, you can sleep upstairs."

"No, it's fine, you should sleep in the bed, I am old, I don't bother about these things anymore, I will sleep on the couch."

"No, go to bed."

Isobel was insisting, and Amanda couldn't convince her.

If it wasn't for the gambling, Amanda was really a good mother.

But there weren't so many "ifs", all she wanted was for life to have a new beginning after tomorrow.

Isobel got up to turn off the lights, then she laid down on the couch and closed her eyes.

But this night, she didn't have a good sleep, she had a lot of dreams, in which Hamish was grabbing her by the neck, trying to kill her; then there was Martha, who held her down to the ground and slapped her over and over on the face; and lastly there was Gabriel, who took off all of his pretentious acting, and all that was left was mockery and disdain, he used his cane to point at her shoulder, and pushed her hard, "Isobel, not everyone can enter the gates of the Francis family."

"Let go of me..."

She woke up in shock, and noticed that it was just a dream.

Isobel raised her hand and wiped her face, the sky was already bright outside.

Amanda came down the stairs, and when she saw that Isobel was up, she was a little cramped, "Oh Isobel, did I wake you up?"

Isobel shook her head, and took her phone, it was already 7am.

"It's almost 8, I will get ready, we can have some breakfast, and then leave for the airport."

Amanda nodded her head, "Okay."

Isobel looked at Amanda and pressed her lips together, then she said, "Mom, after leaving this place, we will have a better life, I will do everything to earn enough money for us."

When she heard that, Amanda's eyes were burning, "Yeah, I know my little Isobel is the best."

She hadn't slept the whole night, she was remembering every single detail of the past five years, that was not a life, and Amanda was regretting it all.

If it wasn't for her, Isobel might never feel not being worthy of Hamish.

She always wanted her little girl to live like a princess, but never thought that she pushed her down the cliff with her own hands.

Isobel got up and went to pack her things, Amanda wiped her tears away, and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Isobel didn't have a lot of things to pack, even a little suitcase of 20 inches wasn't filled up.

She took a few clothes, some cosmetics, everything else she left behind.

At half past eight, the two of them went downstairs to get some breakfast.

To avoid rush hour traffic, Isobel got a taxi at 9:10 to leave for the airport.

Ever since Amanda started gambling, the two of them haven't lived in such harmony together.

When Isobel had to take care of Thomas, and her own studies, she used to go to look for Amanda, but later, when she was already numb, she stopped doing that.

Everytime when she found her, Amanda would only curse her and yell at her, it didn't do any good at all.

Stanley said something to her that made her realize, if they left City N, she would never allow Amanda to touch that stuff again.

The two of them were both in their own thoughts, and it was quiet on the way.

When they arrived at the airport, it was 9:40am, time was a little tight, so Isobel pulled Amanda, "Mom, we need to hurry up!"

She got the VIP service, so security check won't take too long.

Isobel took their luggage, and walked into the airport with Amanda, and just as they arrived at the security check, she spotted Hamish standing there with his people.

When she saw him, Isobel took a few steps back.

Amanda didn't even notice anything, and asked, "Isobel, why aren't you walking?"

She turned her head to look, and saw that Isobel was pale in her face, and she was staring towards her right front.

Amanda looked into the same direction, and when she noticed Hamish, she was surprised, "What is he doing here?"

Isobel didn't know, why Hamish was there.

She watched him walk towards them, and all she had on her mind was to run!

But she had nowhere to run, all she could do was to watch him come closer.

Quickly, Hamish had reached them, his face showed no emotions, but those dark eyes looked scary, "We still have some things to solve, and you want to run away?"

Isobel had cold sweat running down her back, she bit her teeth, "Hamish, what do you want?"

He didn't speak, only took another step towards her, took her chin and raised it up, "Are you afraid?"

Amanda watched this scene, and quickly pushed Hamish's hand away, "What are you doing? Let go of her!"

Hamish quickly pushed her hand away, and she tumbled a few steps back, she noticed the eyes he was looking at Isobel with, he looked like he was going to eat her alive, she didn't have the time to bother about her pain, and rushed to them, "Hamish, let go of her, let go of my daughter!"

But this time, before she even touched Hamish, she was already grabbed.

"Hamish, take it on with me, don't touch my mother!"

"You really are a good daughter."

He suddenly lowered his head, and looked hat her with his ice cold eyes, "I really can't watch such harmony in a family, especially your family!"

As he was speaking, he waved towards the people who grabbed her, "Take her!"

"What do you want?! Hamish, what do you want to do?!"

Isobel took a step forward and wanted to push them away, but they didn't move an inch.

After she realized that everything was in Hamish's hands, she pulled on his collar, "Hamish, don't touch my mom, please I beg you, don't touch her! All I have is my mom, she is all I have!"

She cried herself hoarse, there was a crows surrounding them, but seeing Hamish's eyes, nobody dared to help her.

"You still have your mother, but what about me, Isobel?"

When he finished talking, he pushed her away, and walked away.