Over the years, Rebecca has been training Eric to be a killer. Twenty years after Eric and Isabella first met, Rebecca looked at her thirty-year-old grandson and asked, "Ready?"
Eric boxed several dummies and broke every one of them.
"You're ready," said Rebecca.
Meanwhile, twenty-nine-year-old Isabella was waking up. Her dark brown hair grew longer and she had gotten more beautiful. One day, she said to Zoey, "Grandma, I'm going out."
"Have fun," said Zoey, "and I should tell you…"
"Don't talk to any strangers," said Isabella, "call if there's anything wrong. Be careful. Stick with my friends. And be home before dark. I know."
Ever since Zoey found out that Eric was Rebecca's grandson, she's been getting more and more worried about Isabella whenever she goes out.
"Very funny," said Zoey, "but that's not what I was gonna tell you. You know John Reese?"
John Reese is Logan Reese's, Zoey's 'friend' who was a wise-ass-pain-in-the-neck and a jerk, and Lola Martinez-Reese's, Zoey's roommate and best friend who was once a drama queen, grandson.
"Yes," said Isabella.
"Well, now
you're older, you've gotten more beautiful," said Zoey, "John
has asked to seek your hand in marriage."
"Marry John?"
asked Isabella.
"Yes," said Zoey.
"But he's like his grandfather when he was a kid: a jerk," said Isabella.
"Well, just think about it," said Zoey.
"I'll think about it," said Isabella, "but I don't think I'll change my mind."
(Author's Note: should Isabella marry John, a guy who's just like his grandfather when he was a kid and just loves her because she's beautiful, or Eric, a guy who is the grandson of the enemy of her grandparents who loves her for who she is, but has been raised to be a killer? What do you think?)
She got to the mall. Meanwhile, at Rebecca's lair, Rebecca was explaining her plan.
"Okay, here's the plan," said Rebecca, "Isabella will be at the mall, hanging out with her friends…"
"How do you know that?" asked Drake, Rebecca's grandson who was two years younger then Eric.
"It's where most girls hang out," said Rebecca, "anyway, Drake and Sarah, you will set off the bombs. When a big fire appears, Eric will go in the mall and rescue Isabella. Then he'll earn Zoey's hospitality and that's when we'll kill her. Right."
"Right," said Eric.
"Right," said Drake.
"Right," said Sarah, Eric's twenty-one-year-old sister.
