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 bom,

William had suffered a serious car accident and nearly lost

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

were incompatible, and living together would bring

the fortune-teller a large sum of

recovering from childbirth, had knelt and pleaded desperately, but

had callously thrown her into the snow during the

was her Bobby who rushed over, furiously scolding William and exposing the so-called “spiritualist” as a fraud. However, William wouldn't listen, still insisting

if William

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

gave Sierra the name she carried hoping that she would shine as brightly as the stars

Sierra was young, she envied the other children who were

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

have to work so hard. At that time, she didn't understand why Vera's eyes suddenly filled with tears as she pulled Sierra into

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