Betrayed By Husband, Stolen By Brother In Law

Marianne breathed a sigh of relief as she was informed of the task she had given her assistant as she disconnected the call. Then, she looked at Melody who was was busy eating the ’cake’ that Adam brought her and glared at her, scolding coldly, "Look at you. You want to pretend to be Melanie, but you don’t even bother to hide evidence. Did you know that the entire video of you arriving at the hospital was available for anyone to see? One look at the video and Adam would know that you are not Melanie. Why are you so thoughtless, Melody?"

Melody looked up at her mother and gave a tremulous smile as she realized that her mother had once again stepped up to protect her. Pushing the cake in front of her, she stood up and went to her, "Are you really going to help me pretend to be Melanie? You’re not going to expose me? Or are you? You’re not angry at me for what happened?"

Marianne gave her daughter a sad look before walking over to her and patting her head. "I can do anything, but I cannot see you harm yourself, Melody. Do you have any idea, how scared mom was when you threatened to harm yourself just now? How can I be angry at you under such circumstances when I know you did what you did to protect yourself?"

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"If anything, I’m angry at myself that I could not teach you to be stronger." Marianne paused and then immediately took Melody’s hand in hers, "I won’t reveal anything. But you have to promise me to behave yourself, Melody. You cannot cross the line with Adam. Only in this way will Melanie not blame you when she finds out what she did. Your mother has always covered up for your mistakes and I will continue to always protect you in the future! But breaking your sister’s marriage would be a sin. So,promise me you won’t do it."

Melody let her tears fall and immeidately hugged her mother. " Mama! I thought that with Melanie having returned, you would love me less. Or at least be less tolerant of my mistakes. But that is not so. Thank you, Mama. Thank you for loving me more than anyone."

Marianne Thomas patted her back and sighed as she kissed the top og Melody’s head, a frown on her face and tears in her eyes. "Foolish girl. You’ve been by my side for more than twenty years. I’ve raised you myself. How could I see you suffer?"

Then she wiped her tears and looked moved away, looking at Melody carefully. "Mel, your older sister has suffered a lot as well, with no parents by her side to protect her. And even now she is suffering in your stead. You have to be good to her when she returns. You cannot cling to Adam. Until she comes back, treat it as though you are going to live your lifetime of love in this short period. Okay?"

Melody nodded her head vigorously at that. "Don’t worry, Mother. I won’t create trouble if Melanie returns."

Relieved that Melody was willing to compromise, Marianne nodded, even missing out on the words that Melody uttered, her intentions clear that ’if’ Melanie returned and not when. Instead, she said, "I’ll go now. You take care, okay? And if you fear anything, just come to your Mom."