5 Just Take a Picture!

"Um, Izzy, what the hell is all this?"

Looking at the people coming in and out of the house and the countless bags and racks of clothes and shoes they brought, Davina was speechless and turned to consult the most likely source of the mayhem.

Isabel was happily going through the numerous bags and packages together with Kelvin and Phoenix, trying on this and that while Kimberly was spectating on the side.

"Clothes, what else does it look like?"

"Lots and lots of pretty clothes." Phoenix squealed almost inaudibly while hugging a t-shirt with a unicorn on it to her chest.

"Obviously Isabel. What I mean is where did you get them? When did you find time to do this much shopping? How did you pay for all this?... You did pay for all this, right?"

It wasn't that Davina didn't think Isabel couldn't buy this much clothes for herself, but she knew that there was absolutely no way that Isabel could pay for this many high branded clothes.

"Don't be ridiculous Davi." Isabel laughed while posing in front of a brand new mirror and holding a red and black checkered top to herself. "Of course I didn't pay, Brycen did."

"Huh?"

"What?"

Kim and Davina both took on blank looks as they watched Isabel who was grinning while turning herself this way and that in the mirror.

Kelvin who was holding up a Ben 10 t-shirt with a small smile on his face suddenly scrunched his nose as if he smelt something bad and dumped the jersey on the floor, kicking it away for good measure. However, his actions went unnoticed by everyone else in the room.

"Daddy bought this?" Phoenix looked over with her clear eyes.

"Only his money was spent for it sweetie, mummy was the one who picked it out. Do you like it?"

"Mmm. I really like it. Can I wear it now?"

"Maybe a little later when we go out." Isabel patted Phoenix's head as the little girl posed in the mirror in front of her.

"Wait, wait. Isabel, just wait a minute." Waving her hands in confusion, Davina shook her head to clear it. "What do you mean Brycen paid? For all of this?"

"Yeah." Isabel nodded. She picked up a medium length, tutu skirt near her foot and threw it over the back of a chair before dropping down into the sofa. "I never used it before, but Brycen did give me a black card back then."

"I worked my ass off for more than five years for his sake and got nothing in return besides what I looked for myself." She pulled Phoenix who was climbing her legs into her lap and hugged her. "Now that things have reached the end, I'll obviously take my own reward."

"Mommy, look, look. They match."

"Yeah, I know."

Davina and Kim exchanged glances while smiling helplessly at Isabel who was now squealing together with Phoenix over their matching tutu skirts.

This was Izzy who both they and the world loved. She was cute, playful, funny and unfettered, she didn't worry about anything except her kids and didn't let anything bother her; and it would seem that even ousting her twelve year flame couldn't make her burdened.

If Isabel only knew what the two were thinking, she would smile wryly while crying her heart out on the inside. Did others also have this perception of her? Then she surely let down many people when she lost her mind over Susan and Brycen in the last life.

Sitting by the foot of the love seat sofa on the floor, Kelvin who heard every word of the three women's conversation looked at the Ben 10 t-shirt he had kicked away with wrinkled brows then moved forward to pick it up.

He looked at Isabel and Phoenix gushing over their matching pink tutu skirts and looked around his area before picking out a shirt from a bag with a slightly softer shade of pink and he hugged it to his chest, revealing a soft smile.

"You said that you were going out later, where to?"

"House shopping."

""House shopping?""

"I'm not living in Brycen's ex-den with my kids once the papers get signed."

Isabel wrinkled her nose at the thought of sleeping in the same bed she had sex with Brycen in, walking the halls where she had tried to seduce the man at every turn or spending days off lazing in the living room where she performed as a stripper to get a drunk man to sleep with her.

Even in her last life when Kelvin and Phoenix were taken from her and she finally came to her senses, Isabel had moved out of Brycen's condo, taking up residence in the apartment she received when she became the spokesmodel for the 'Rachel Sweetheart' brand.

"Okay, fine. We'll go house shopping." Davina rolled her eyes.

"I have a friend in Reign Real Estate; I'll give him a call and see if he can help."

"You know someone from Reign? Who?" Davina's eyes bulged with incredulity as she now looked at Kim like some sort of rare animal.

"We're only mere acquaintances. I helped him once before and he owes me a favor. Hang on, it's ringing..."

"Kim... Kim knows a Reigner..." Davina wobbled as she moved to sit down on the arm of a nearby chair; the news obviously dealt her a big blow. Networking was the thing she prided herself on most right after her managerial capabilities, but even she didn't have connections with Reign.

You have to know that Reign wasn't just any old company; it was a super-giant in the business world with a hand in just about every industry and occupied a high position every time.

The previous President of Reign died from cancer, leaving the business empire to be inherited by one of his three sons however, one son passed away in a coma several months after a car accident that claimed the life of his wife and as for which of the other two sons inherited the business? That remains a mystery. Even Isabel who had already lived the next coming ten years didn't know the identity of the elusive Reigning Emperor.

All the employees who worked at Reign were top talents in their respective fields and were known for being very strict and keeping to their regulations. For Kim to be able to have a Reigner- as people called them= owe her a favor, even if it was only a real estate agent, it was a major deal.

Talking for less than five minutes, Kim hung up and smiled at Isabel. "I snagged us an appointment for this evening."

"So soon?"

"Mmm. I explained that kid friendly environments close to the city were the key features in your search so he was able to narrow down the choices and there really aren't many. So, once you're free this evening he'll see you."

"Thank you Kim."

"Don't mention it. It was nothing."

Isabel smiled with squinted eyes as she watched the two children on the floor choosing clothes for each other.

After another fifteen minutes, the delivery people brought a document for her to sign before they finally left. The five then took about a half hour to pack things in some sort of order around the living room before Isabel and Kim made lunch and they all got ready to leave for Reign.

Stepping off the elevator and exiting the high rise building, Isabel shielded her eyes from the noon sun then smiled down at her kids.

At Phoenix's request, they were both wearing the brand new tutu skirts and Isabel paired it with a white tank top and heels. Phoenix wore wedge heeled sandals. They looked so cute in their matching outfits and even their hair was put up in the same style.

Standing next to them, Kelvin had wanted to shy out of it, but Isabel talked him into wearing the light pink shirt he had been trying to hide and a pair of white jeans with a pair of loafers.

With his ink black hair combed in an emo style that covered his forehead and enhanced his naturally docile demeanor, he looked like the kind of quiet cutie that would make girls squeal.

"Oh gosh, my kids are so cute." Isabel placed her hands over her mouth and squealed as she watched Phoenix brush Kelvin's bangs out of his eye while the other just stood there with his hands in his pockets looking slightly annoyed but not doing anything to stop her.

They looked like a role play of a naïve princess and an arrogant young master.

"So adorable."

"Just take a picture, would you?" Davina suggested as she came up behind her.

"Good idea. Let's go over to the park. Nixy, Kelly, do you guys want to see how mummy works?"

"I was joking." Davina watched incredulously after Isabel who was already dragging Kelvin and Phoenix across the road to the park enthusiastically.

"Come on you." Kim chuckled while pulling Davina along.

Once they arrived at the park, Isabel took the role of director while Davina became the photographer and Kim was on makeup.

"What? No. I don't want to put on makeup."

"But you're sweating. It'll make the picture look bad."

Kim was trying to coax Kelvin to putting on face powder, but he wasn't having it.

"Kelly, please. Won't you do this for mommy?" Isabel blinked her big golden eyes at her son while making the most pitiful face possible. The struggle in his eyes was evident.

"Okay, fine... but this is the only time."

"Thank you darling! I love you."

With slightly teary eyes, Kelvin looked at the powder puff in Kim's hand before squeezing them shut and accepting the make up with the heart of a martyr.

Davina who was watching this scene from afar felt her integrity suddenly decrease for Isabel's sake... if that makes sense.

Because there were a lot of places to do a lot of different poses, Isabel's imagination began to run wild and it turned into a live photo shoot.

It was a Sunday evening and many people were at the park, it wasn't long until Isabel was recognized as Lady Clarisse from the hot and trending drama 'My Lord, My Lady' and from many of her popular modeling works which sparked a mini autograph session.

Phoenix and Kelvin with their ridiculous good looks were hard to ignore, plus Isabel and Phoenix were wearing the same outfit while Kelvin was clinging to Isabel, refusing to move an inch in the crowd of strangers. It wasn't long before it was found out that the two were Isabel and Brycen Jaeger's well-hidden twins.

Because they were usually cared for by Kim and before this Isabel mainly preferred to spend her days off at home with them unless they went to Moon Kingdom and Brycen never took them out, Kelvin and Phoenix's faces were still not known in public even after six years.

Many photos and videos of the three messing around at the park were taken and posted on the internet, earning huge popularity and in the end; it was a whole three hours before the five finally left for Reign.