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He paused, probably for draht as her eyes drifted towards the partially open door, wondering if she could make a run for it "I’m sure you’ve realized by now that you’re different than everyone else," Chris said, drawing her attention back to hi her eyes when she realized what he was doing Of course he was giving the "Join our cult" speech What better way to get their hands on her program and probably her money as well than to have her join the, she thought bitterly as she ran her fingers over the two pin size scabs on her neck Part of her felt flattered that they went through so ram, but the other part of her was pissed to be played with

"There’s a good explanation for the way you feel, because you are different," Chris said "What I’ to sound crazy, but please hearlazily for hiet on with it The sooner he was done the sooner she could get soure out a way to get herself the hell out of this mess

"Look, I know you’re probably really pissed about being here and scared," he said, licking his lips, "but you don’t need to be The first thing you should know is that I will never let anything happen to you You’re safe"

Because he thought she was his wife, she reainst hi to be a lot to take in at once and I wish there was a better way to do it but right now there’s no choice in the matter, Izzy," he said and she just barely stopped herself froet some time to clear her head then she needed him to hurry the hell up with his little sales pitch

"The first thing you need to know is that you’re not hu so da her eyes at hi her an expectant look

She carefully blanked her expression as she stared back at him When she didn’t react in any way he shared a look with his "father" before proceeding "I’er than the people around you," he said and Isabella couldn’t help but wonder if the er? Her?

Uht of herself as weaker than most people She’d always been smaller than everyone else, even as a baby When her nant with her and her brother the doctors expressed their concern that she was too small and probably wouldn’t survive After a second and third opinion her parents had resigned themselves to her loss

They hadn’t even bothered buying a crib or clothes for her All of their focus went to her unborn brother Her father had decorated the nursery into a boy’s dream room with exotic animals painted all over the walls, dinosaurs toys and sports memorabilia Her mother filled the drawers and closet full of little boy clothes and actually started a pregnancy journal for him She wasn’t even mentioned in the book

When her brother hadn’t survived the birth her parents had been distraught She knew they’d never expected that outcome and that her brother’s death had hurt them because they’d fallen in love with him theand screaned themselves to her existence Not that they’d ever have to say it, but she knew they blamed her for her brother’s death

She knew it in the way they looked at her and pretty nored her They provided her with the basics, roof over her head, clothes and food and s for herself They hadn’t cared what she did just as long as she stayed out of their way The only times they concerned the on their door because she may have hacked into one or a few hundred co to worry about since she’d covered her tracks

It also helped that her parents had no clue about what she was up to Not that they tried to help her or were even upset when she was dragged out of the house in cuffs, but then again what parent was going to think their eight year old daughter was really responsible for crashing a large coes would stick Even then she knew she had a special touch with computers that no one else could understand She’d covered her tracks well If it hadn’t been for the daod every day that she no longer had to use) they wouldn’t have had anything on her