Chapter 323: A Friend
Nora stared at Isabella who stared back at Nora. The two girls were engaged in a staring contest, which neither was willing to lose out on. With each passing second the intensity of the contest increased. Nora broke the silence, her voice laced with sly curiosity. "Alright, Bella baby. Truth time. What’s the secret you’re hiding?"
"I haven’t lost yet, sweetheart. I am going to be the one who wins today. Not even the strongest gust of wind can make me blink."
Nora scoffed at that," You’ll blink first. Mark my words. And then I will know why you are hiding here with me."
"There is no way you can make me talk, darling." Isabella smiled, even as her eyes threatened to water. She could not blink today or everything would be blown. Nora was already suspicious.
Nora narrowed her eyes. Something was definitely underfoot. Demetri had become even more miserly with his words. Ian and Seb were always asking for a visit and pretending to beg for food. As if those two really liked to eat the food she made. They had professional chefs at home and Ian was better than any acclaimed chef. And now, when she asked Isabella out to take shopping and rant to her, the girl actually refused to go out and insisted that she come to her house.
Nora wondered if she’d landed in some kind of parallel universe where the characters in her life had not turned completely opposite but only deviated a little from their original personality.
She felt her eyelids begin to strain to close but she reminded herself that she could not do it. Nope. She had no hope of making Ian or Seb talk. Questioning Demetri would mean him working to make her forget the question. So she was left with only one soft target. Isabella Ruffalo...
Just as her eyes twitched, ready to blink, Isabella’s phone started to ring, startling them both into blinking at the same time.
They pointed at each other before saying in tandem," You lost."