Chapter 219: Cutting ties (2)
"There are memories with Melanie which I still cherish. I wish you had told me what you knew, but I was only a child, and I understand you not wanting to share those things. Still, I am angry with myself that I didn’t notice it," Penelope said.
"You were a child. It wasn’t something you should have noticed. My troubles with my mother shouldn’t have reached you. It pains me that you found out all of this," Alessandra said, her chest aching, but she tried not to let it show before Penelope. "I am fine."
"You always say that you are fine, but we know it isn’t so. Besides Isaebelle, we are all aware of how you hide your feelings, so we don’t have to worry. We have all snuck out of our beds at night to play and witnessed things we shouldn’t have. Heard what we shouldn’t," Penelope shared.
"You shared some of your past with us, but as we grew up, we got curious and went to the court to hear more. After all that I know, you cannot be fine, mother. It is fine to let your emotions show to us," said Penelope.
"This is not an easy talk to have with you, Penelope. I don’t want my children to know how I came to be or how I have long accepted that I don’t have a mother. Please excuse me for a moment," Alessandra said, walking away from Penelope.
"Mother!" Penelope called, gathering attention to their talk.
Penelope wanted to follow her mother, but also knew that it was best for her to give her mother time alone.
Edgar approached Penelope.
"The timing wasn’t the best. I told her of my conversation with Melanie," Penelope informed her father.