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loud music. Today, she had graduated from the London Imperial college as the v

t fly all the way from Panama. "You are twenty one, put on your big girl' shoes and make us

brate with them. She had felt so alone. "Come on Isa", her boyfriend said as he dragged her to the dance floor. "Don't tell m

he became tipsy while some of her friends were already wasted. Her boyfriend Steve took her to a corner and they started kissing passionately. Since she was

's been three years already. Haven't I tried?" Isabella's slurry voice replied, "I know y

in with this cons

u know about the promise I

ed. "You know what, I'm out of here. Call me w

m me," Isabella said in a loud voi

he couldn't bear to leave her alone in her condition. If anythin

s car, placed her on the passenger s

he weak Isabella and said, "we

while feeling bad and asked, "wou

h you." Isabella looked at him sadly and said "goodni

to love him yet deny him the pleasures that lay in between her legs? H

se for him. When she closed her door, he drove off, promising

e's number to find out if he had arrived home but he rejected her call. She kept trying to call him while h

had wept bitterly because they were very close. She had asked Isabella to promise her that she would keep her virginit

ive, she would have been present at my graduation, Isabella thought sadly. She felt so alone. Steve had been her fi

didn't answer his phone. She tried calling her mum too and the same thing happened. She felt s

sighed and decided to give him time to come around. Her phone finally rang and she thought it was steve. When she saw that i

her call. She was surprised when she heard her mum cr

Your father filed for bankruptcy yesterday. We didn'

eating heart. She said "it's okay mom,

its against your father. He couldn't bear it and suffered a cardiac arrest last night which resulted in partial stroke. We are curre

I'm begging you." After ending the call, Isabella clutched her chest as she felt an indescribable pain. She dialled Steve's number one mor