The Muscle Part One by Michelle St. James

Author:Michelle St. James [James, Michelle St.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Women, Romance, Contemporary, Two Hours or More (65-100 Pages), Contemporary Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, New Adult & College
Amazon: B016FPT8LU
Publisher: Blackthorn Press
Published: 2015-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

12

Isabel paced her room, thinking about the conversation with Luca in the kitchen. He thought he knew her. Thought she was some kind of spoiled brat who stuck around because she was too scared — too weak — to try and make it off the payroll of her family’s wealth.

She hated that he thought that about her. Hated that he saw her that way. For one crazy instance, she considered telling him the truth. Imagined walking to his bedroom and telling him everything. Showing him how clueless he really was about her and the whole situation.

But she would never do that. Could never do that. Because what she would tell him, the truth he didn’t know, was infinitely worse than the lie.

She wanted to sleep. She needed to get up with Isabel, make her breakfast, get her to school. They had a cook and a housekeeper, but Isabel liked to do these things for Sofia herself. They were things their mother had done for Isabel before her death, and Sofia deserved the very same.

But her mind was racing, adrenaline flooding her body like she’d been running for her life. Then again maybe she had. She looked at the clock, It had been almost an hour since she’d left Luca in the kitchen. With any luck, he’d be asleep by now.

She walked to the door and opened it a crack, listening for the sounds of Diego or one of the guards moving around in the middle of the night. But the house was quiet, and she slipped from the room and made her way down the back staircase to the downstairs hall. She continued to the kitchen and opened the terrace doors as quietly as she could, then slipped outside.

The swimming pool lights were still on — the timer hadn’t yet shut them off — and she stood in the shadows of the palazzo and pulled the little nightgown over her head. Then she walked naked to the pool and slipped into the water as quietly as she could, sighing as the water opened its arms to her.

She immediately felt more relaxed, and she lifted her arms, let herself sink to the bottom of the deep end. She opened her eyes, taking in the blurry underwater landscape. She wondered how long she could hold her breath before she passed out. It would be so easy. No wild antics, no drama. Just a quiet drift into the next place. She would go to sleep, that’s all. Then her body would float to the top and she would would be free.

She opened her eyes and pushed herself to the surface. She could never, ever do that to Sofia. Isabel was all she had. What would happen to Sofia if she wasn’t there to protect her? Besides, Isabel didn’t want to die. She just wanted to be free.

She swam a few laps, letting the water ease the kinks in her body as she thought about her new painting, the piece she’d started working on the day Luca came to work for them.

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