Chapter 278: Letting go (3)
Melody sat in another room, not far from where her nieces and nephew were sitting.
Alessandra and Edgar both sat facing Melody, but Melody couldn’t meet her sister’s eyes.
"It pains me to have to share this. I truly thought our mother was going to do her best to move forward with you, but all this time, she was only pretending to make my father happy. All this while she never saw you as her daughter," Melody said, this news making her heart ache.
It wasn’t something easy to share with Alessandra. Melody’s mind raced with all the endless thoughts of the emotions Alessandra might be going through.
Disappointment. Anger. Sadness.
Feeling unwanted?
Melody was puzzled when Alessandra smiled, but it didn’t take long to realise the smile didn’t reach Alessandra’s eyes.
"Penelope shared what she overheard the day she sat with you and Melanie. I’ve known for some time now that she doesn’t view me as her daughter. The treatment I received compared to you or Claire has always been blatant," said Alessandra.
Alessandra didn’t have any more tears left to cry over this truth. It hurt for a long period that her father never treated her well, and she was unwanted by her mother, but there came a time when she had to accept it and move on.
Alessandra couldn’t dwell on such emotions. She had children to care for who couldn’t see her break down over her past. It only hurt to see her children pulled into it.