Chapter 2
Earlier
Isabella was riding her bike down the street. She had had another wonderful day at Phineas's house. Now she was going to go shopping with her mom. She always enjoyed it because she got new things and she got to talk to her mom and the quality time was always nice. A navy blue van flew past Isabella only to slam on its brakes and skid to a stop. A man stepped out and motioned for Isabella to stop. She did but kept her distance. She could take the guy down if she had too but she would rather just speed away. The man held up a photo in front of him and looked between it and Isabella a couple of times.
"Are you Isabella? Your mother would be Vivian? Garcia-Shapiro?" Isabella looked at the man curiously but nodded yes to see what he was going on about.
"Yes I am actually. Do I know you?" The man smiled, clearly pleased it was her.
"Probably not I'm actually your father." He scratched his arm nervously. He hadn't gone out expecting to finally meet his daughter. Now that he had he realized he was glad. He just met her and he wished he could make up for the years he hadn't been able to be with her. He knew he didn't want to miss another moment.
"Wait, you're my father? And you just appear here?"
"I honestly wasn't expecting too but I saw you and you were the spitting image of your mother."
"I've been told." Isabella said with a tone of shock still in her voice. "I'm going to see mom now at the mall... you should come so we could catch up on.. well, my whole life." Isabella had started unsure but as the sentence continued her leadership voice took over. A flash of panic crossed her father's face but it disappeared before he was caught.
"You want a ride? My van has plenty of room for your bike and it'll give us some time to talk before we get there." Isabella hesitated but she put her bike in the back and climbed in. She knew after all this time her mother still wore her ring so she was sure she could trust her father. She got in and he started driving towards the mall
"You look pretty beat." He grabbed a new water bottle from a cup holder and opened it for her. "Here drink something, can't have your mother get worried when you arrive." Isabella accepted the water and smiled. He really did know her mother. She drank the water and saw the mall come into view through the wind shield. All of a sudden her dad took a left and Isabella felt too tired to argue. He pulled out a phone.
"Hey Max."
"Yea I know I'm running late."
"You don't understand I found my daughter."
"Do you think you could get me an extra spot?"
"You're the best." He closed the phone and Isabella saw him turn onto the interstate before blacking out.
(A/N chapters will get slightly longer I'm just trying to pace the story correctly)