It was chaos in the house today. I had no idea what was going on when I woke up. All I knew was that everyone was panicked— from me, down to the maids. I didn't think much of it at first. I went to Isla's room to apologize. I shouldn't have dismissed her like that. I guess I was being petty about our arguments. She came to me as her confidant, someone she was close to in the whole DeLuca household, and I had turned her down. I pushed her away. I could have gone to my father and asked him what the hell he and Bryan Vincenzo were talking about and why they wanted to send Isla away, knowing she was safer with us than out there in the world. She may not be my blood, but everyone saw her as the DeLuca princess. They would do anything to get their hands on her. My father said he would protect h

