Isabella took Casper for a walk around the grounds and read the text messages on her phone from her sister, sister-in-law, and Sabine. She’d seen more eggplant and peaches emojis from them asking if she and Cam had made up after their skirmish, she wasn’t sure the women in her life weren’t incapable of using actual words.
Her phone rang and she pulled a face as she saw her parent’s home number come on the screen. She crossed her fingers praying it was her father and not her mother. “Hello.”
“Isabella?”
Damn, she thought frustrated. “Hi Mama. What’s going on?”
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine, why do you ask?”
Her mother’s voice was quiet. “Evgeni stopped by to ask where you were. He suggested the man you’re dating kidnapped you.”
Isabella’s heart stopped for a solid second before she pushe
