Chapter 52: Ruined (3)
Ruby was glad she was present so Trevor wouldn’t ruin her plans. "Selene doesn’t like to believe me that this has all been sorted out. I know it must sting that your father passed on his belongings to a man who could run this home instead of you but you must accept it."
"How would you have run this home? You’re twice married. It is evident you aren’t good at making decisions," said Ruby.
Ruby turned to Xavier who did not hide his anger. "Forgive me, Lord Blackthorn but as an outsider, it is easy to see Selene as the victim. I tried to help her when I first came but she lashed out at me."
"She lost her parents and at the time, must have had to face what was said by our kind alone with no one to offer her a shoulder. Imagine how excited she would have been to see her family rush to the home but then realise they had only come to see what they could get. Have you ever thought of that?" Xavier asked.
Ruby licked her lips, her small fangs almost cutting her. "The house was in ruin because of what they did. We came to help."
"You came and started to look through the rooms, pulling out what belonged to my mother to keep for yourself. At the time when I was grieving, I had to face all of you. None of you knew how tired I was then. How broken I was to be the one to bury my parents. Only my maids were by my side," Selene said, her anger starting to get the best of her.
Her relatives came at a weak point in her life when she didn’t have it in her to fight anyone. In the end, Selene spent that night sitting by her parents’ graves, trying to decide what to do with her life as the daughter of the people called traitors.
"We tried to help you as best as we could. We could have turned our backs on you but you didn’t. Trevor was kind to make the offer to let you stay here-"
"This home belongs to her," Xavier spoke over Ruby.