A Surprising Twist of Fates (Sierra and Theo)

Chapter 49 Chapter 49 Memories

"You and them are family. I am not,” Sierra said.

"Sierra, it's not like that. Vera hurried to explain, but Sierra's cold voice cut heroft.

“Then, Mom, tell me this–why was Xavier surrounded by love and attention from both parents while I was abandoned the moment I was bom?

"Why did my father refuse to acknowledge me? Why, every year for Xavier's birthday, did you carefully prepare gifts, but on mine, I'm just forgotten? My birthday is only ten days after Xavier's, but none of you remember that."

As Sierra spoke her emotions began to overwhelms her, and her eyes welled up with tears.

Vera shifted uncomfortably under her gaze, her throat tight, unable to respond. The room fell into an oppressive silence.

Sierra forced her gaze upward, fighting to hold back the tears that threatened to spill over.

“Actually, when I was six years old, I understood... I was the unwanted child.

be loved, and

When she was bom, the Shaw Group

financial crisis, William had suffered a serious

him that the source of

the so-called fortune-teller, her and William's destinies were incompatible, and living together would

the fortune-teller a large sum of money

pleaded desperately, but it hadn't softened William's

old, William had callously thrown her into the snow during the harsh

and exposing the so-called “spiritualist” as a fraud. However, William wouldn't listen, still

was enraged. He declared that if William wouldn't raise her,

argue with hobby's decision, and he relented, allowing him to take her

life. He also gave Sierra the name she carried hoping

the other children who were

One time, she didn't hold back her questions and asked Vera why William never came to

and in her childish voice, she said that when she grew up, she would help William so that he wouldn't have to work so hard. At that time, she didn't understand why Vera's eyes suddenly filled with