Isabelle's POV

I arrived at my aunt's house and stood by the gate for a few seconds. I seriously considered leaving. Pretending I had never come. But there were things that could no longer be put off, and Karen was one of them.

Camille had called me earlier. She said Karen wanted to talk to me. I had stopped answering her calls and messages, and this was the only way she'd found to reach me, asking her cousin to intervene, practically begging.

I took a deep breath and opened the gate. Cami