Chapter 202: Bitter truth (2)
"You’re just like her father. Just like her grandfather and she doesn’t see it," Melanie said, shaking her head.
"Her father, I understand, but how is she to see that I am like her grandfather when he died long before she was born? I don’t know much about you, but I know you hate your former husband. Edgar killed him," Tyrion reminded Melanie.
"So what? Am I to be grateful that Edgar used his status to kill Desmond?" Melanie replied. "Desmond was going to die anyway. He was never careful when it came to money."
"I, too, have read up on cases around the town. It was part of preparing to become king. I’ve also spoken to my family and the Collinses. I know that Edgar killed Desmond to stop him from marrying off your daughter to a man far older than her. Didn’t you know that?" Tyrion asked.
"I have been caught up on everything just like you," Melanie answered. There wasn’t a detail she missed.
"Yet you are not grateful he was killed? Would you have liked for Edgar to turn his back so she would have married that man? I’m starting to not buy your excuses. You knew how your husband was with wanting a perfect family. I think you wanted Alessandra to suffer," said Tyrion.
Melanie laughed. "You don’t know anything-"
"You didn’t write, you didn’t check if he had moved on so you could return, you didn’t visit, and you certainly didn’t care. Your husband was so bad that you had to run away from him, yet you thought your daughter was safe there?" Tyrion asked, not believing Melanie.
"She was his flesh and blood. She would have been better taken care of than he treated me," Melanie argued.