Isabelle was discharged after a week and she returned home, her mum was glad and happy to see her, "Wait Belle, you smell different", Cassie said while hugging her, she continued, "You smell like drugs, hospital", Isabelle became nervous and was forced to lie because she doesn't want her mum to be disappointed in her, "My ulcer was triggered so my boss took me to the hospital before he dropped me home, its nothing serious", Isabelle said and her mum believed her. "Rest up, I'll fetch you dinner", Cassie said and Isabelle wen up to her room, she took off her clothes and stepped into the shower. She came out with her hair dripping wet, she sat at her dressing mirror, there she noticed that she had really changed, there also, she noticed she had signs of a pregnant lady but now, she has lost it, she sobbed and said to herself, 'Truly, I wouldn't want a child right now but still, I don't plan to do it this way', she wiped her tears and started mopping her hair with her hair towel, 'I should find that bastard who got me pregnant', with that she mopped her hair aggressively but a tiny voice in her head spoke to her, 'Why do you want to meet him? Did he not stop you that night? But your hormones got the better of you, foolish girl', she nodded to herself and sniffed, 'Yeah, truly he did', she dressed up and decided to rest it bed. Climbing into her bed, her mind replayed the incident from the beginning, she took her diary on her bedside table and started jotting some things down, including things she heard Jason say during the times she pretended to be sleeping, after that, she kept her diary in her hand bag and took a nap. After a few hours, her mum pat her arm, waking her up, she sat up and her mum placed her palm on her forehead, "You are burning up, Belle. Are you sure you are okay now?", Cassie asked and Isabelle smiled faintly and said, "I'm really okay mum, I was treated alr...", suddenly, she felt the urge to throw up and she ran to the bathroom to throw up and cleaned up, with that she said on the edge of the bath tub and started wondering, 'What exactly is wrong? I already lost the pregnancy, but why am I feeling this way?', she bit her finger. Cassie knocked on the bathroom door and said, "Belle, is everything alright? I thought you've been treated already". Isabelle knew that at this point, she could not continue to lie to her mum and she decided to come clean, she cleared her throat and said, "Mum, I have a lot to say to you. I know you will be disappointed in me. You can do all you want, I deserve whatever you decide to do to me". "Get to the fucking point, Belle!", she snapped as her curiosity was eating her up. "I got pregnant but...", she said and her mum cuts in, "I hope you did not abort the baby", her mum asked trembling. "No, I didn't, but I lost my baby", Isabelle said and started crying, "I lost her to some crazy power starved bastard!!!", she screamed while crying. "Its okay Belle, come to momma", Cassie said and she came out, her mum walked her to the bed and consoled her. When the air lightened, her mum went to the kitchen to microwave her meal and return to her daughter, after eating with her mum, Isabelle questioned, "Won't you ask me who the father is?", and Cassie smiled while rubbing her daughter's hair to the side, "I'm eager to know but at the same time, I don't want to make you uncomfortable", Isabelle nodded and narrated the event of that night, with full details. "Do you intend to see him again or marry him?", Isabelle was shocked by the sudden question her mum threw at her, which made her speechless. Cassie saw that her daughter was in the middle of her thoughts, she decided to leave her to decide.
On the other side, Ryan was awaiting Jason's arrival, he knew he's acting overboard so he sat down to think about it. 'It would be a nice thing to see Jason settling with a woman of his choice and not from an arranged marriage. But...', there is always a 'but' in all good things, he said to himself and Jason entered. Seeing Ryan in deep thoughts, he approached him and poked him which brought him back to reality. "Oh God! You scared me man!", Ryan shouted and sighed. "Still a whiny being", Jason said and dropped his bag, he unbuttoned the first three buttons of his shirt when Ryan asked, "What exactly do you see in Isabelle? Is she the one?", Jason nodded and whistled. "Why do you want her?", Ryan asked again, with that, Jason noticed that Ryan's countenance wasn't the usual one he always had on, he seemed angry. He made a mental note not to disclose the relationship between them, this mood was not the right mood to tell Ryan that Isabelle is his stepsister that he intend to get married to. He sighed and asked, "What do you mean?", Ryan rubbed his face with his palm and sighed before replying, "I mean there are other girls out there who want you and you'll definitely see the one of your choice among them. Isabelle is your personal assistant for crying out loud, if this gets to the media, she will be doomed and criticized, you will damage her reputation!", he shouted at Jason in the process and continued, "Why the fuck are you so interested in her when there are loads of girls from wealthy homes that can benefit our company?", Ryan asked
"Funny, you want to know the reason I want her?", he scoffed as he asked and Ryan nodded, then he continued, "She's got everything I want in a lady and she's your fucking step sister!", he dropped the bomb he's been avoiding. Out of frustration, he left for his room and Ryan remained dumbfounded.