Chapter 46

"Jonathan, did you know that Izzy is back?" Candice deliberately asked while they were eating breakfast.

"What!" Jonathan replied as he was not aware Izzy was in Arizona. He has a lot on his plate to watch over her when they are already over and Jonathan is scared to meet her scary grandmother.

"You don't know?" She teases her looking for an early fight but Jonathan learned his lesson already. Breaking with her was his biggest mistake and taking Candice's lead.

"What do you want me to say! Why bother asking if your opinion matters!" Jonathan replied annoyed. Once again her jealousy and envy of hers seeping into her bones.

"Enough!" Candice's father intervened.

"But dad-" She tried to protest but her father shot her a glare of warning to stop being childish. Despite the passage of six years, she remained unchanged, showing no signs of growth or maturation.

Candice's perpetual craving for tumultuous waters over tranquil seas obscured her awareness of her role as a mother. Oblivious to t