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As she made her way to the sofa, beads of perspiration appeared at the nape of her neck and her forehead. Out of nervousness she but her lip, nervousness numbing her pain from biting too hard.

Mary started, "So we should start off by introducing ourselves. I am your mother, that is your father, on his right is Zachary and Emma as you have already met, and then there is Sarah, she is deaf but she can talk and read your lips, so that won't be a problem.

You were triplets, you and Emma are identical twins while Zachary is your fraternal twin, Sarah is your older sister."

She looks over to all of them, she's not very good at reading people's emotions through their eyes, but at the moment she sees love and admiration in their eyes, she has no idea how but she just knows that it is love.

Mary takes a shaky breath before continuing.

"Now we were all really happy, your father's business was blooming and riding faster than any other. In such a situation he did make many enemies, and your birth around the same time simply called for trouble for our kids.

As predicted just 7 hours after birth all of you were kidnapped from the hospital. During our vacation in London I gave birth to all three of you, taking advantage of this situation, your father's sworn enemy decided to kill all of you. On the way one of the kidnappers left Isabella out in the cold to die, on the side of the road. Now that is where the adoptive family steps in, they must have saved you before you lost your life and taken you in. But we caught them before they could do anything to Emma or Zachary. We were frantically escorted safely back to New York by being reassured by the police that you will be soon found. But they never found you.

Isabella, your adoptive family were unregistered, they were illegal immigrants, that is why we never found you."

By now Mary was shaking with sobs. Isabella's eyes glistened with unshed tears as she took all the information in. She did what any normal child would, she got up and raced to her mother and engulfed her in a hug.

They were in that position for seconds. Then one by one everyone joined into their hug. It later turned into a big family bear hug. All of them now crying and Emma apologising for acting rude at first. They instantly accepted Isabella as their own, and loved her as if she was always there with them, the love shared between 4 siblings was heartwarming. For the first time in a long time, Isabella felt like she really belonged somewhere.

Mary and George looked up at each, other then at their children, they knew instantly that all of their children will grow up to be very fine people, those who always help others, who cannot bare seeing one in any kind of grieve and those who wear out their golden hearts on their sleeves. They were truly proud of their kids.they observed for a while longer as Zach hugged his two sisters protectively while Sarah somehow managed to hug all of them protectively. Sarah was three years older than all of them which is why her motherly instincts always kicked in during moments like these.

Suddenly Isabella looks confused. She looks up to Mary and breaks the hug, "What is my name?"she asks innocently.

Mary gives her a small smile and says, "Well as I said you were unregistered for so your birth certificate is still incomplete but you were always called Isabella, so it is now mainly your choice. We will respect your decision if you would want us to name you."

"What if I want to be called two names?" She asks again slightly furrowing her eyebrows.

"Be careful as to what you choose my dear, having two names can affect your personality while growing up and not in a good way, and if you pretend to be someone you're not, in time you become that person. Choose wisely and keep an open mind."

"I have decided. I was called Isabella by the people who took me in and saved me from death. But now they are no longer alive, so to respect their souls, I think I would want to be called Isabella. And as for the birth certificate is concerned, I will be named Isabella." She completed proudly with a content smile on her face.

"You are far too wise for your age my dear." George says.

George smiles, more like grins, he sees the future leader and heiress of his empire right before his eyes in Isabella, he knows now that the true leader shall lead her business higher than he has already.

"Oh and I enrolled you for school in the same school as Zach and Emma, you start tomorrow" George says with a smug smile playing on his lips.

"What is school?" Bella innocently questions.

Emma fake gags from behind while Zach makes a funny face.

"It's a place where you get to learn new things and get educated better. You'll have to read any books to catch up." George says giving a pointed look to Emma and Zach, momentarily forgetting about her sickness.

To everyone's surprise Bella is widely grinning. She always did love books and studying.

"I think I am going to like school" she says thoughtfully, her grin widening each second if that was possible.

She is definitely a different kid. George thinks while intensely staring at Bella.

ISABELLA

After the whole confessions session, the missing puzzle pieces started falling back into place. I glanced around the room and saw the love and protectiveness they felt for me already. They accepted me so easily, no hesitation, I feel lucky to have such caring family.

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Soo just a filler chapter basically to clear the doubts. Next one will surely have the time gap.

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