Hooded

Chapter 7

Hi my darlings. I've found my Jeff. Trevor Jackson as Jeff Daniels.
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School went as smoothly as school could be. Isabelle didn't see Todd today which brightened her mood to 67%.
Isabelle could never be happy up till a hundred percent. How could she when she had a dying mother and had a really bad feeling about Lady Boss as the guards had called her.

When her school had finally closed, she shoved her books into her bag and was about to head out when she saw Lola. She walked over to her friend.

"Hey," Isabelle greeted. Lola turned around with a smile.

"Hey. We were just about to get ice cream to celebrate yesterday. Wanna come?"

Isabelle frowned, "I would love to but I really have to get back home to my mom."

"That's okay. We'll save you some."

"Please." Isabelle smiled. Lola pat her on the back before running to her car.

Isabelle sighed before beginning the walk to her gloomy home. Isabelle would hate to believe it but what those guards had said affected her greatly. This Lady Boss managed to leak into her thoughts every now and then and she did not like it.

Those guards talked like they were terrified of their boss. She must be terrible. Isabelle thought to tell Lola about it but they were going out for ice cream. She didn't want to be the carrier of bad news even though she could not get that sour taste out of her mouth.

Isabelle knew that something was going to happen sooner or later.

Walking into her depressing house did absolutely nothing to improve her mood. She tossed her bag on the couch and went upstairs to check on her mom. She knocked on the door quietly and opened it just a bit to find her mom sleeping.

She sighed and shut her mother's door going downstairs to fix her something to eat. She got lettuce and apricots out the fridge with other vegetables fixing her mom a salad. She put the finely made salad in a bowl and orange juice on a tray and took it upstairs. Placing it on her mother's bedside table. Isabelle took a pen and wrote down a note.

Hi mom,
Please eat and don't forget to take your pills. They are inside your bedside drawer.
                                  Love Isa.

She placed the note beside the tray and quietly left the room.

They were not rich in her family. They were barely above average. After her father had mysteriously disappeared, her relatives came and took everything away from them. Her mom used to work but quit when she found out that Isabelle started stealing.

It has been really difficult for the Garcia's this past few years. After her dad disappeared, there was this nagging thought at the back of her mind that told her that he left by himself to another woman but Isabelle knew that that absolutely was not true.

Her father loved them. She knew he loved his wife and loved his daughter. Isabelle felt the love radiating off of him towards them whenever he came back from work. When he would twirl her mom around if he was really happy. When he would scoop her off the ground and kiss her cheek lovingly.

Isabelle wiped a few tears that threatened to fall as she remembered the memories. When her dad was here with them and her mom was whole and hearty and healthy. She missed them. She missed her life before her dad had disappeared.

The doorbell rang and Isabelle wiped her face to eliminate any look that she had been crying before opening the door to find Dr. Jesse.

"Hello Isabelle." He said dashing her a smile that could compete with the sun. It was too bright. Too bright for a sad house like this. It was as if he had good news for her.