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 then there were children like

had been unwanted by William. When she was

unprecedented financial crisis, William had suffered a serious

consulted a fortune-teller, who told him that the source of the misfortune lay with

fortune-teller, her and William's destinies were incompatible, and living together

so-called prophecy, paid the fortune-teller a large sum of money and decided to abandon

recovering from childbirth, had knelt and pleaded desperately, but it hadn't softened

months old, William had callously thrown her into the

rushed over, furiously scolding William and exposing the so-called “spiritualist” as a fraud.

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

hobby's decision, and he relented, allowing

also gave Sierra the name she carried hoping that she would

young, she envied the other children who were surrounded by the love of their parents, playing and

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

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