Chapter 18

• Isabella had no idea what was really going on. Hearing that her father had instructed her stepmother to sell the house, she felt an overwhelming sorrow.
• Her father had already kicked her out, knowing she had nowhere to go. Now, he wanted her stepmother to sell the only place she could call home. Was he really so heartless, completely indifferent to his own daughter’s well-being?
• Thinking about how her once-loving father had become so cold and cruel, Isabella felt a pain that made it hard to breathe. She clenched her fists tightly, her body trembling as she tried to hold back her sobs.