Chapter 140
"Anna, you are to be with your sister. That is what your mother told me unless I was mistaken," Victor said, looking around for Rose. He was confused to see only Anna walking alone. "Where is she right now?"
"I am retiring to my room until dinner. I don’t want to see anyone until then. I liked when I-"
"Do not finish that sentence," Victor stepped to Anna. "Do not let your mother ever hear you say that. I don’t want to hear it either. She is your sister and I am sure by now you must have heard about some of her life. It must be scary to be suddenly thrown into this life. Be there to help."
Anna couldn’t meet her father’s eyes. "Mother used to not take care of me because she was so desperately searching for her beloved daughter."
"Your mother loves both of you. She was in a bad place when she didn’t pay attention to anyone but you must consider how much it must have hurt for your mother to lose her daughter while she was there unable to fight who took Rose. Your mother loves and I will not stand here whilst you paint her as something else," said Victor.
"It is going to be about Rose for a moment. It is unavoidable since eight years are missing with her and there is much we have to learn but your mother wants you right there along for those moments, so I beg you, whatever childish thoughts you have right now, end them," Victor pleaded.
Madeline finally felt whole again and Victor would not have it ruined by Anna being jealous that the attention wasn’t on her right now. She had eight years of them while Rose suffered somewhere else.
"I am not doing anything to upset mother which is why I am retiring to my room. Going there is better than standing next to Rose and being upset by something that I know is childish. I wished someone had told me that he had some interest in her so I wouldn’t feel like I made a fool of myself now," said Anna, embarrassed by Zayne’s quick rejection.
It never happened before.