Chapter 179 An Unexpected Visitor

• Bella:
• The island had been nothing but a fairytale. I had only one week left before the break ended, and being with my mother seemed surreal. Every day with her was like a party, and I had been relaxed for a while. Well, temporarily, and this was because we were having so much fun-or she wanted me to think we were having so much fun. Something felt off about her, and I couldn't tell if it was my intrusive thoughts that abhorred happiness or my gut telling me the truth.
• This morning, I woke up to her yelling on the phone with my father.