Shannon
I couldn't sleep. I tossed and turned until the midnight blue turned white again. I couldn't stop looking at Isabella who was sleeping peacefully beside me. I knew it was creepy, but I couldn't help but look at her features. And I replied to what Hugo said in my mind.
She was my cousin, she was the daughter of my father's sister. That was why I felt this natural familiarity, that was why she looked so much like me. I ran my hands over her ample cheeks. I could see her chest rise and fall when she was breathing. She was related to me. We were connected by blood.
I always thought I was alone, because I was always an Orphan, even if my parents were still alive, they didn't want me anymore. But now I was told that my parents actually loved me, and they wanted me. But they couldn't be with me because of... Vernon's father.