Written by: Sayuri Shrestha - 28017, Grade VII
Posted on: 29 November, 2022
It had been a month since Isabella's mother went missing. It was early morning when she woke up to see her mother gone. She looked around and panicked. She asked the maid if she had seen her mother, but she had nothing to say. Isabella called her brother right after, who called the police, and they took over. But soon the police gave up, as it was a complete mystery. Isabella was traumatised by her mother's disappearance. It was sudden, but she knew it would eventually happen. She was sitting in the corner of her living room, waiting for that moment to be over. She didn't shed a single tear throughout her mother's disappearance. She just looked pale and lost. No one knew what happened to her mother. Is she dead or alive? Was she kidnapped or did she run away? So many theories were there. Many people thought she ran away because her children were a burden to her. Some said she ran away with a rich man, and some said she ran away because it was too much for a single mother to handle. Even after a lot of sayings from people, Isabella and her brother knew that their mother would come back and none of the "sayings" were true.
Isabella had an older brother, Clinton, who was 2 years older than her. He was now in college, ready to start a new life, when he heard his mother was gone. He had to abandon everything and return home to care for his family.
Isabella's mother was a single mother who knew nothing about their father besides their mother herself. The kids didn't really care about knowing much about their father because they knew he had left their mother because of them. And they didn't really care, as they had their mother with them. Though a housewife, Margaret (their mother) was very efficient and clever. In fact, she and Isabella were very close, and Isabella and her mother had such a connection that it could never have been between her mother and her brother. When Margaret (Isabella's mother) had Clinton, it was quite hard for her to bond with his son. Clinton was a very reserved person; he hardly talked with anyone and had a hard time making friends until middle school. He was a smart little fellow. The only few things he was good at were art, fencing, and playing the cello. He bonded with these things. But Margaret didn't really have any experience with these things. Clinton wasn't very happy when Margaret insisted he join fencing lessons when he was 8, but she wanted him to learn how to fight for his own safety. Fencing was the one and only thing Clinton did because of his mother's request. Though Clinton was very different from his mother, he truly loved her; it was just hard for him to express his gratitude towards her.
Isabella, on the other hand, was a completely different breed. She was a ball of joy. She was the complete opposite of her brother, Clinton. and was just like her mother. She had light brown hair just like her mother's and beautiful hazel eyes just like her mother's. While Clinton was quiet and reserved, Isabella was loud and expressive with her thoughts and emotions ever since she was small. Her mother taught her jiu-jitsu, and she instantly became a master at it. She was also very clever, like her mother. Isabella and her mother used to spend hours reading and solving puzzles and riddles. The other thing Isabella was good at was chess. Her mother taught her that as well, but she mostly used to play it with her father. Clinton never understood chess; he took it as an ache for the mind. The white siblings had their differences, but one thing they had in common was a deep love of music and instruments.Clinton played the cello, and Isabella played the violin perfectly. They used to sit in one quiet room and perfect their notes while their mother cooked for them. Both kids were closer to their mother than to their father, but they truly loved both of them.
