Chapter 216
Especially during such a festive time.
Why were they a happy family of three, while her mother... Oh, wait. It was actually a family of four.
Sienna was probably off on a date with Dante right now, wasn’t she?
They had ruined her mother’s life so completely, destroyed everything she had, and yet their own family of four was thriving. Laughing. Celebrating.
It was laughable.
Xavier squeezed Elodie’s hand tighter but didn’t say anything.
He’d known for a long time that their family was different from others.
For them, New Year’s wasn’t a time of joy. It was a time of pain.
Because going to the nursing home to visit their aunt was painful. But not going was just as painful.
Every visit brought their past into agonizing focus. It made it harder to find peace. Letting go hurt. But not letting go hurt just as much.
Their family’s life had always been... okay. Not too good. Not too bad.
But then that woman’s daughter had reappeared after all these years and taken her ex-husband away. And now they’d all moved to the capital, just to add more weight to the burden they were already carrying.