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I walked into the house and I could hear Cruz talking to someone. I peaked and saw he was on the phone. It wasn't uncommon for him to have someone over having a drink, but I was glad this time he wasn't. I wanted to be able to talk to him about what was going on with Izzy. I changed and came back out. He had gotten off the phone.
"When is the last time you saw Iz?" I asked him.
"The other night." He said.
"I saw her today and she had some bruises on her arm." I said and he shrugged.
"She's clumsy." He said and I shook my head.
"I think it's more." I said and he raised an eyebrow at me.
"I have known her for a long time. She wasn't herself today." I said.
"Says the person who fucked her boyfriend behind her back." He said with a chuckle. I pursed my lips because I didn't want to hear that shit right now. We had all moved on.
"Thank you for taking this seriously... especially from the person who continues to try and use her in their own business deals." I shot back and his whole expression changed.
"You walked into this family years ago as a charity case, and I married you because no one else would have. You have known your position from day one so don't you dare pretend to come to me about how I treat my sister." He sneered at me.
"Just check on your fucking sister." I snapped back and walked upstairs.
Isabella POV
I locked up and took a deep breath... it had been a fucking day. I knew that Z knew that something was wrong. I had no doubts she ran to my brother, but right now I didn't want to deal with it. I walked to the corner store to buy a few things. I was walking back when I looked up to see Damien waiting by my closed shop.
"I don't want to talk to you." I said and walked past him.
"I didn't know." He said as he followed me. I didn't believe him.
"I don't care." I said as I walked to where I parked in the ally. He was right behind me.
"I didn't know, Iz. He knew that your family told me not to come around, and I guess he thought you had something to do with it." He said as I put my things in my backseat.
"I don't care." I said again.
"Iz..." he said again and I had enough.
"Damien! Stop! I need you to stop! You left. You ran or whatever. I was hurt, but I waited until I couldn't anymore. I moved on, and now that you are back it's nothing but bullshit. My family won't leave me alone about it, and now your brother threatens me! He comes to my shop, and threatens me! Fuck that!" I said as I pulled my sweater off so he could see my arms. I saw his face drop. He could see the bruises that Finn left when he grabbed me.
"Please just go the fuck away!" I begged him as tears rolled down my face. I was already tired of it. He pulled me to him and I felt so much comfort in his arms again as he ran his hands over my back.
"I'm so sorry. I knew that it wouldn't be the same, but I didn't think it would be like this." He whispered to me. I finally lifted my head and looked up at him. It was like slow motion as his lips fit perfectly to mine again. I didn't realized I had missed it but fuck, I had missed it. I felt so much emotions come back.
He pulled away and wiped my cheeks with his thumbs. He pulled me back in for a hug and a silent promise that it would be ok.
"We will figure this out." He said and I nodded. I believed him when he said it.
"Whatever you do... stop going around with Escobar. He's not safe." He said and I nodded. He kissed me again and helped me into my car.
"I promise not to hurt you." He whispered and kissed me though my window. I left for my house as my phone rang. I was mentally cursing myself when I saw it was Carlito. I remembered we were having dinner tonight. I answered and told him I would be home soon and he was going to be meet me there.
Carlito POV
I pulled up to see Izzy getting bags from her car. I helped her carry things in, and she went to change. I had brought her more flowers. I didn't want her to think she had to do everything herself.
"Thank you." She said as she came back into this kitchen. She gave me a quick kiss.
"How was your day?" I asked her.
"Boring. Yours?" She asked me and I smirked.
"Good, I was able to get stuff done for dad." I said as I handed her a glass of wine. She took it and looked at it strange. I had bought her a bracket today from the family jeweler. I put it around the wine glass.
"Lito..." she said and I gently took it from her.
"I wanted to get you something that you couldn't get from yourself." I said as I clasped it around her wrist. The bracelet was rose gold with small amethyst.
"Thank you." I said and kissed him gently.
I began to cook our dinner and every time my eye caught the bracelet I wasn't sure if I felt happy or guilty. I wanted to believe Damien, and I wanted him back in my life so much... but was that really the best thing for me?