"What was that about? What is going on?" Joan, who had left Bella to get coffee halfway through the call, asked the moment she returned and saw that Bella was done with the phone call.
"I think things are about to become messed up. Nicole's mother just picked her up from the house, and her line has been unreachable since she sent a message across to Ben," Bella said as she took the cup of coffee and a plate of cookies Joan was passing to her.
Joan looked at her with a worried frown, "Do you think she is going to be okay? They're not going to force her to leave the country, are they?" Joan asked, sounding genuinely worried. She couldn't imagine living with parents who didn't adore her and who would keep trying to get her to leave the country.
