Chapter 12: Elaina, the B-witch

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25th April, a dreadful day in Isabella's and Megan's life, the day on which everything changed, good persons changed into bad, the day their mother died. She left these two girls alone to face the evils of the world, the day their lives turned upside down, the day on which they lost everything.

The following day was the death anniversary of Isabella's and Megan's mother, Sophie. The day itself felt gloomy and Isabella felt the same loneliness in her heart as she felt on the day when her mother left her and her baby sister. Isabella cried under the covers of her bed and she knew somewhere in the house Megan would be crying too. She loved her mother with all her heart and the news of the death of her mother, crashed her world. The pain, the numbing pain still felt fresh but she had to get up and face the world as she did few years back as she was told by her precious mother.

"I miss you, Mama" Isabella sobbed as she hugged the pillow close to her body, wishing that her mom would come back.

She got up from her bed with tears in her eyes and walked into Megan's room to find her staring at the wall, blankly.

"Megan?" Isabella called out for her, with a broken voice

"Yeah?" Megan replied, fresh tears visible in her eyes too

"Come on, let's have breakfast" Isabella said and Megan got up

"Why, Izzy? Why it had to be us? Why someone else's mother couldn't have died? Are we that bad? I know I was just a small girl when she left us but still, it pains me whenever I think about her blur smile which flashes in my mind, why Isabella? Why?" Megan sobbed as she hugged Isabella.

"Shh, Megan she is in a better place now, she is watching us and she won't be too happy if she would see you like this? Remember what she said? She said that My girls are strong and I have believe in them, she advised us to be strong, remember? So we need to be strong for her okay?" Isabella comforted her sister

"Yes" Megan said and pulled away

"Come on, let's have breakfast and then we'll visit the cemetery, then I have to go to work too" Isabella said, walking towards the kitchen

After breakfast, they decided to visit the cemetery. Isabella bought two bouquets of flowers from the florist and gave one to Megan. They found the grave of their mother.

Sophie Berlynn Smith (1972-2005)

Isabella placed her bouquet on her mother's grave and Megan did the same.

"Hi, Mom" Isabella said, smiling "See I'm not crying as I promised you so" she continued, holding back the tears in her eyes.

"Hi, Mama" Megan greeted, a tear rolling down her cheek "Mom, you know that I'm getting good grades, I've got a boyfriend too mom, his name's Tyler, he takes care of me" She continued sitting down on the beside the grave

"But mom, she's being naughty" Isabella said

"I'm not, Mama. Izzy's being naughty, she got a handsome boss as well and she doesn't share her snacks with me" Megan said, pouting. Not after a minute later, she started crying, holding her face in her hands.

"Shh, what did I say to you at the house? Don't you remember? Mom's seeing us from the heaven and she is giving us her blessings, we're not alone anymore, baby" Isabella comforted her and Megan nodded

After visiting the cemetery, Isabella went to work and Megan went to her school. She was late and she was sure gonna bless her ears with her boss's snapping. Note the sarcasm.

"Mr. Anderson is furious, I repeat, he is Furious with a capital F. Go straight to his office" Ellie said to Isabella and Isabella ran towards the elevators, making sure that she didn't make a fool out of herself.

"Good morning" Isabella greeted Seth with a huge fake smile on her lips, hoping to not get him lashing out on her

"Very good morning, Miss Smith" Seth said sitting on his chair, his one leg onto his another and his hands resting on the arms of his chair

"Here's your coffee, with a little more sugar than usual" Isabella said as she placed the coffee cup on his desk but he just sat there in his all golfing, gazing her with anger evident in his eyes "What a bright day, isn't it?" She commented, to clear the awkwardness but it only increased.

"Why the hell are you late?" Seth said, his voice booming in the office and Isabella flinched

"I was uh stuck somewhere" Isabella said, looking down

Hmm the floor looks beautiful today.

"Didn't I tell you the rules of working in my company? I expect you not to be a minute late and you came after half an hour from the usual time?" He yelled

"Sorry, sir. It was emergency" Isabella said

"What kind of emergency? Care to tell me about it?" He said, walking towards her

"I can't, it's a little uh personal" Isabella said as she started backing away

"Oh yeah, you would be with that Martin right? Because he hasn't came yet too" He said, still walking towards her until he caged her between him and the wall

"Excuse me? Why do you think John would be with me? He was not with me and I don't know where he is anyways. So I suggest you to not to imagine that he would be with me every time" Isabella said, gaining so,we confidence but she still was uncomfortable and shivering slightly with the fact that he was too close to her.

"John huh?" Seth smirked, his eyes furious

"So this is all you heard from whatever sh*t I just blurted out?" Isabella said, and quickly covered her hand after realizing what she had said

"Feisty" Seth said, smirking amusingly at her.

She tanked God because she had amused him and he wasn't angry anymore.

"Whatever, can you just move a little because I'm uh uncomfortable" Isabella said

"First tell me what was the emergency, Isabella" Seth said and she loved how sexily her name rolled out of his tongue

"Can't we just drop it?" Isabella asked

"Nope" Seth said and she decided to tell him because this man won't let it go

"Okay so today is my mother's uh death anniversary and I was at Cemetery with Megan, that's why I'm late" Isabella said, looking down. She was fighting back her tears but was surprised when she felt his two fingers on her chin causing her to look in his eyes

"I'm sorry" Seth said and she couldn't believe her ears because he actually apologized

"It's okay, you know, I'm used to this. Getting pity from whoever I tell about her death, it's not new for me" Isabella said. She hated people being sympathetic towards her because she believed that there are people out in the world whose lives are far more worse than hers.

"I'm not pitying you, I think that you are a brave woman, who went through all of this and I'm sorry if I pushed you to tell me about it" He said

"It's okay, Mr. Anderson" Isabella said, smiling "May I go and continue my work now?"

"You may" Seth said and gave her space to go.

Isabella finished sorting out the paper works and went to get some lunch. On the way to the pantry, she bumped into someone and saw John. It all felt like déjà vu.

"Hi" Isabella greeted

"Hello, m'lady" He said in a perfect British accent which would make anyone swoon.

"What is with we bumping into each other every time?" Isabella asked smiling

"I don't know, I think fate has written us together" John said waving his hands in the air

"Right" Isabella laughed

"No, I'm serious, Isabella. Would you like to go out on a dinner with me this Wednesday?" John asked and Isabella thought of it as a good thing

"Is this a date, Mr. Martin?" Isabella teased

"It is" John confirmed smiling

"Sure, I would love to go on a date with you" Isabella said and went towards the table on which Ellie was settled

"Dating game on point, I see" Ellie smirked and Isabella nodded

Isabella was faxing some documents when she heard the voice of heels clicking on the floor tiles. She snapped her head up and saw a lady who was dressed in a red short dress which showed a lot of cleavage leaving almost nothing to the imagination. Her fave was basically drowning in makeup and her red lipstick screamed 'kiss me'. Isabella snorted quietly and that lady frowned enviously.

"Excuse me, I'm here to meet Seth" That lady said

"I'm sorry but do you have an appointment?" Isabella asked, faking sweetness in her voice

"I don't think I need an appointment to meet my-" The voice of Seth cut the lady's voice off.

"Elaina" His voice was firm enough to send shivers down one's back

"Sethy" Elaina said in a high pitched voice and went over him as she started to trail her hands down his arms "I missed you" She said pouting

"Let's take this inside, shall we?" Seth smirked looking down at Elaina and Isabella's heart clenched. This statement seemed enough to bright up that lady's day.

"As you say, Sethy" Elaina said and they both went inside his office

Isabella continued to do her work but it wasn't easy with the loud banging noise coming from Seth's office. She shook her head and plugged in her ear phones.

I don't care, Isabella convinced herself and continued with her work

Exactly after 20 minutes, Elaina came out of the office with her her lipstick smudged on her lips, her dress pushed up a little and her hair all over the place. She quickly took out a brush from her bag and brushed her hair, pushed her dress down, reapplied her lipstick and went away. Isabella shook her head in disgust and prepared to leave as it was already 7:00 pm.

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