Percy Stanton called three times in a row before Isabel Smith finally answered. His heart was already in his throat, just as he was considering contacting someone to search for her, when the phone was suddenly picked up.
Percy didn't even wait for Isabel to speak before he blurted out anxiously, "Isabel?"
Isabel didn't speak, her heart churning turmoil.
After what felt like several seconds, Percy's voice came through the phone again, "Isabel, what did you want to tell me when you called last night?"
What did she want.. He was actually asking her that.. Isabel never thought of herself as a mean-spirited woman, but now she knew that a woman could become spiteful because of a man. She couldn't help but curl her lips in a mocking smile, mocking both Percy and herself.