enchanted

five

present.

ISABELLA STARED AT the people around the table, her eyes wide as she looked at them. she and her mother's best friend were sitting around the dining table, eating dinner with her mother's lawyer - Joseph King
- sitting at the table.

"isa?" Victoria softly asked. Isabella set her fork and knife down and cleared her throat as she began to process everything.

eventually, she looked up to see the older man.
"when. when will he come?" she forced out.

Joseph took a sip of his water and focused on the 16
year old girl again. "sometime next week" he said.

Isabella stared at the table again. was she really about to meet her father? the man she only saw in the pictures? was he going to accept her and love her?

the thoughts swirled around in her mind as she took everything in.

"Isabella. i know this is a lot to process," Joseph began and Isabella scoffed. "yeah no shit, I'm just finding out I have a father who's alive and coming here in a week!"

"but he's your legal guardian! he needs to know about you or atleast meet you" Joseph continued.

"can't i just stay here in New York with Victoria!?" she asked , her voice cracking. will she really be able to leave her friends and Victoria who was like a second mom to her behind to live with her father whom she barely knew?

"Isabella, he is your legal guardian , we can't just give you off to anyone Joseph said. "but shes not just anyone!' Isabella nearly yelled.

Victoria sighed as she looked at her.

"amor , your mother wanted you to meet him" her mother's lawyer said and she frowned. "what? why? she held me back from seeing him before, why does it matter now?" Isabella asked stubbornly.

"your mother wrote that in her will. that's her last wish. to see you with your father and reconnecting with him when she's not there anymore" Joseph said.

this made Isabella go silent. suddenly she lost all her appetite. all she wanted to do was lay in her bed and listen to music crying her heart out.

"I want to go to my room...NOW" she said. Victoria nodded her head. "go then. i'm going to put your food in the fridge" Victoria said and stood up

before Isabella got the chance to stand up her mother's lawyer decided to speak up.

"are you willing to meet him?" the lawyer asked. Isabella stared at the man who was in front of her. "it's...it's a lot to process.. especially right after my mother's funeral" she trailed off.

Joseph nodded his head and agreed with her. "i know. that's why i'm giving you an entire week to think about it, okay?" Joseph said.

Isabella nodded and stood up from her seat. she waved to Joseph before walking to her room.

she just layed in bed , not paying attention to the music playing on her tv. the only thing in her mind was her father.

her mom mentioned he was a footballer and played football for a living.

but was he going to accept her? what if he has a wife and she asks him to choose? what if he has children and they're mean to her and she becomes like Cinderella with a evil step mom and evil step siblings?

a knock on the door snapped Isabella out of her thoughts and she paused the music before sitting up. "it's open" she said.

Victoria walked in and sat at the end of her bed. "you okay?" she asked and Isabella shrugged.

" i don't know, my mom gets taken away from me and now i'm meeting a man who's my father who i know nothing about!" she said and played with her bracelets.

"i mean. what if he doesn't want nothing to do with me?" she asked , tears pooling in her eyes. Victoria put a strand of hair behind Isabella's ear and whipped away her tears looking at her with a smile.

"he will, trust me. Leo's a good man. he always has been" Victoria said. Isabella looked up to her. " and how do you know?" she asked.

Victoria chuckled. "I heard stories your mom told me. of course i may not know him,but from what I heard . he's so sweet and if he isn't...i know for a fact that money had changed him" she spoke.

Isabella nodded her head and hugged Victoria. "thank you" she spoke and Victoria smiled and said
"your welcome"while hugging her back

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A/N:
I'm so excited!