Chapter 141: Decision

“Trisha, you claim to be a close friend, you claim to be a best friend but you aren’t even seeing what Alex is doing to Isabella. He no longer cares for her. Can't you just see that he's becoming more aggressive by the day?”

Rachel said as she explained to Trisha how he pulled her aggressively and how he was shouting at her unconscious state because James only went to see her secretly and touched her forehead and her hands.

As Trisha stood there stunned, she didn’t believe that Alex would do something like that.

“Just open your eyes and see the truth, Trisha. Alex is becoming aggressive. He no longer loves Isabella as he did before. He's only looking for revenge on Isabella because she cheated on him with James. Can't you just see that? Can't you see how Alex is behaving towards her?”

Rachel said.

As she said this, Trisha thought about the other day when Alex came to pick up Isabella from her place and how aggressive he acted towards her. She remembered how Alex threatened Isabella to follow him home or else he would hurt her. She remembered vividly, but she just thought that day it was because Alex was angry or maybe frustrated.

Everything started falling into place as she heard Rachel's words.

“I just want you to help me out here. Let's join hands together and not support Alex anymore. Let's support James to be with Isabella. She's your best friend and I'm ready to repent for my mistake the other time for betraying her. I'm ready to help her break up with Alex and make her see Alex's true nature.”

Rachel said to Trisha.

Trisha agreed, “Okay, fine. I will join hands with you and help Isabella break up with Alex. I'll make sure that Alex does not come close to Isabella again. We will work together in order to save our friend. But just remember, I'm doing this just for Isabella. That doesn’t mean we will become friends. I’m only doing this for Isabella's sake and because she's my best friend and I love her.”

She said to Rachel as Rachel just nodded her head.

Meanwhile, Lily requested a phone call as she was permitted, and she went to the phone booth and called her dad's number. The phone rang for a long time, but her dad didn't pick up, so she slammed the phone down in anger. “Just pick up! Pick up! What the heck are you doing?” she shouted, mouthing in frustration as she dialed the number again. Her dad picked up after two rings.

“Dad, why didn't you pick up your phone? I've been calling your number like forever. You didn’t pick up!” she said before her dad could even utter a word.

“I've been busy, Lily. Why did you call?” he said.

“Why haven't you gotten me out of this place? I'm sick and tired of this place, and I don't like it here one bit. Just get me out of here right now! This instant!”

“Do you want your reputation to be ruined just because of me? Do you want your reputation to be ruined just because of what I did? You have to get me out of here, no matter what. Or else your reputation will be ruined. Just think about it. What will people do if they find out that your daughter is in prison for this long? Just get me out of here! All right? Ready? Before your reputation starts getting ruined and before word starts getting out that I am still locked in prison,” she said to her dad aggressively.

“Lily, you just have to calm down. Just wait one more day. I'm not in town right now, and I will be returning soon. Just calm down a bit, okay? You don’t have to threaten me with my reputation. You just have to ask nicely for me to release you from there,” her dad replied.

“Why do you have to act aggressive every time?” her dad said to her as she just scoffed.

“I don't care! Just get me out of here! I'm sick and tired of this place already, and I don't even want to go to court. Just find a way to settle it in this place. I don't want to go to court anymore! Just get me out of here already, or else I promise you the press will know about it, and your reputation will be ruined. And I bet you don’t want your reputation to be ruined, your reputation you spent years building. I bet you don’t want it to be ruined just because of me. So you have to get me out!”

“Just hold on a bit, just for a day. I'm going to get you out of there. I'm not in town right now,” her dad said again before he hung up immediately.

Lily smiled to herself, feeling happy that she'll soon get out of here. “I just have to stay one more day. Yes, I can endure one more day. And after this one more day, I promise I'm not going to stay here anymore. I'm going to get out,” she said as she was being escorted back to her prison room.

She hadn't even rested in her room for up to 30 minutes before a prison guard knocked on her door, informing her that her mom was there to see her. “What the heck does she want this time?” she scoffed to herself as she stood up and followed the prison guard.

She sat down in front of her mom as her mom picked up the phone booth and signaled to her to pick up the phone booth, but she didn't even reply to her. She also signaled back to her that she didn't want to listen to anything that she had to say, but her mom urged her to pick up the phone.

“Lily, pick up the phone,” her mom urged, but she reluctantly picked up the phone booth as her mom started shouting at her.