Chapter 32: You Can't Hide

I Only Own The Plot

CPOV

I have been going crazy. My Beauty, who has never asked for a single thing, tasked her brother and me with such an easy ask, and it seems we cannot fulfill her wishes. Isa has evaded us at every turn. Luke thinks she is sick, mentally. I believe that I just want her as far away as possible. Luke talked me into letting her go to a mental hospital out of the country if we were able to track her down. I have all of my available men working on it. I had to come into the office today because Ana all but pushed me out the door. She knows how much I miss running my kingdom and having my hand in all of the deals coming through the company. I keep checking my phone for updates about Isa and I get more and more frustrated when nothing is coming through.

"I have about five seconds left of this terrible presentation before I fire all of you. Is this the shit you plan on presenting to my client? I left you all in charge of this deal so that I can spend time watching my children grow and thrive. It seems as if I can't even trust you all to do a simple presentation," I say as I stand up and button my suit jacket. "You have til the end of business to get me an actual presentation or you might as well clean your desks out."

I walk out of the conference room and head for my office. Once I reach my office, I look around and I smile when I see my boy's cribs in the corner. I just love everything about them. As I walk to my chair, I pull out my phone to ask Ana to send me pictures of them. She immediately sends me a picture of her staring at the camera with a silly face and the boys smiling up at her. I make this my screensaver.

I had been working for about 20 minutes when Jason and Luke burst into my office looking like wild animals. I am immediately on alert because why is Luke here and not protecting Ana and the boys? I stand up and open my mouth to question what's going on when both hold their finger to their mouth asking me to be quiet. I nod. They start poking around my office. Walking around silently like the military men they are. If I weren't looking at them I wouldn't even know they were here. We all freeze when we hear a thump from up above and I frown. That shouldn't be possible. I am on the very top floor of my building. No one is above me. I immediately knew it's Isabelle. I pull my phone out to text Luke and Jason in the group chat we have.

It's her. I forgot all bout her military training. She probably snuck into one of the floors that are empty and scaled the side. Luke tries to coax her out of hiding. She is right above us. She will hear you.

Luke takes a second to read the message and I see him take a deep breath.

"Isa, Baby? Can you come out? I know you are here. Please? I just need to talk to you. We won't hurt you," Luke says in the sweetest tone. That is usually how he speaks when the boys are sleeping. The tile above my seat shifts and I see her stick a compact mirror out of the hole. Ah, she's checking to see who is all here. After she is sure it is safe, she jumps down and we all immediately notice her holding what looks like a taser. I take note of the pistol strapped to her thigh as well. Jason moves a bit closer to me slowly, not trying to startle her.

"Hey Guys! Long time no see. If you'll excuse me. Me and Mr. Perfect here have some unfinished business," she says in a cheerful tone as if she isn't planning on kidnapping me. With her military training, it would be a very close fight. Especially if she uses that taser.

"I can't let you do that, Baby. He is my brother and Ana-" Isabelle screams, cutting Luke off, at the mention of my Beauty's name. I tense. She better not think of hurting Ana.

"Ana this, Ana that! It is always about the princess, right? How come you couldn't love me how you love Ana? I know she's your sister, but you are obsessed with her. You want her with you at all times. We were on a date and you kept talking about how Ana would love the entree you were eating. Notice me, too! I was your wife! Well, if I can't have you, Ana can't have him," Isabelle rants and then charges straight for me. Luke steps in front of me.

"Isa, I was wrong. Ana is just such an important part of my life that she just became my main focus. She's my baby sister. I have to protect her from the world as much as possible. That will never change, but I messed up when it came to you. I shouldn't have made you feel less than. You are important to me. Even though you betrayed my trust, and hurt my family, I can't just turn off years of love for you. I just am not IN love with you anymore. Let me help you. We can still be friends," Luke says in a calm tone. Isa starts sniffling. We all turn our heads when we hear Ana's voice.

"Isa, I am so sorry. You are hurting and we just want to help you. I am not a perfect person. I mess up all the time. I talk too much about Luke as well, but the difference is that Christian knew that Luke and I came as one. He wouldn't dream of splitting us apart because he knows that would cause too much hurt to both of us. I tried to back off and I did back off. I let you and Luke enjoy being married," Ana says and Isa scoffs.

"Yeah, our first month of marriage was tainted because you two were fucking fighting because of our marriage. He kept asking me how to make things right with you as if you were the end-all-be-all. It was creepy. He couldn't even sleep because he was so worried about you!" Isa screams.

"Isa, you grew up with us and you know our story. You know how important it is for him to make sure I am okay at all times. It annoys me sometimes because I can't be spontaneous without having him breathe down my back. But, I know it's because that is what he needs. I can't make excuses for being mad at you guys. Especially him. I didn't tell him to divorce you, that was his choice. You hurt him, by hurting me. Please, we love you. You were my best friend. Let us help you. Hurting me is only going to get you hurt. They won't allow you to do anything to Christian. I won't let you do anything to him. Just let us love you and help you," Ana says and Isa has tears down her face. She looks at Luke and back to Ana.

"Will you come visit me after some time," She asks us. We all nod our acceptance. She drops the taser and unstraps her gun. She runs to Ana and is sobbing on her shirt. Ana is whispering in her ear and hugging her back tightly. Isa calms down looks at Jason and nods her head. Jason and Isa walk to the elevator and as the doors close, Ana starts to sob. She wraps her arms around her midsection and her legs become wobbly. I rush to scoop her up and I sit her on my lap on the sofa in my office. Luke sits next to us and rubs her back. She looks at me and through her tears, she asks me to take her home.

Once we are home, she rushes to our boys and covers them with kisses. This is what she needed.

AN: This chapter is a bit long, but I wanted to wrap the Isa drama up. I miss this story being fluffy and funny. I HATE angst haha. Please read and review. I love every one of you who is still here with me. It means the world.