Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 583: I'm family too!

[Flashback]

Penny's sniffles and hiccups echoed in the room as she wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, but to no avail. No matter how many times she tried to dry her eyes, she couldn't. Her tears were simply overflowing.

Smacking her lips, she forced a smile as she gazed at the man lying on the bed. She reached out to Charles's hand, squeezing it gently.

"Daddy," she called, pausing to let the mechanical heart rate fill the silence. "Please don't leave...?"

Before Charles's accident, things had always been bad. However, even when he disciplined and scolded her, he would still calmly talk to her afterward. Penny had been subjected to many accusations from Nina and her cousin, Sofia. Jessa and the Bennet family weren't helping at all. Charles had no choice but to discipline her privately, but he always defended her publicly.

It wasn't ideal, and he wasn't perfect.

However, ever since Charles had his accident, no one could protect her anymore. Even Allison was being talked down to by Charles's own family. They even blamed her for what happened to him.

"Dad... can you be... okay?" she whispered with quivering lips. "Brother Atlas is becoming scary..."

In this life, Penny couldn't understand everything. She couldn't understand why Atlas had become so strict with everything and everyone-especially with her. She was too young to realize that with Charles in such an unstable state, Atlas had to grow up faster to take care of the family. Allison was too weak and could only endure the verbal and mental abuse from the Bennet family.

Penny had no idea, even at sixteen years old. All she knew was that if Charles got better, things would improve. However, their hope that Charles would get better was slowly dimming. After all, he hadn't shown any signs of improvement, and today, he had a heart attack.

good girl if you do. I promise I won't cause any trouble anymore,

vision blurred again as tears coated her eyes.

loud, frantic sounds. Penny snapped out of her

she panicked, tugging his hand. "Dad! What's

She didn't know what to do or what to say until a group of nurses rushed into the ward. All Penny remembered was the medical professionals surrounding Charles, doing all sorts of things calmly while some

from behind. "Dad! What's

voice as he tried to

Before they could even reach the door, Atlas and Penny

side profile vacantly, as if their minds had gone completely blank. They couldn't think or react property. They didn't even have any idea of what was going on. All

for Penny and Atlas. They had no idea when Allison or their relatives arrived. They didn't even know how

any of the events afterward registering

was standing in front of their

and calling for help. But she couldn't remember helping as she stared at the grave with a blank face. She couldn't even recall what she

her father passed... one of them was telling him she loved him. She couldn't remember expressing those words to Charles or to Allison. She

was one of the regrets she held secretly: not telling them she loved them, regardless of everything

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you," Penny blurted out, surprised at herself. However, her surprise didn't last long

the words that came out of her mouth. Although Penny had been with them for years, for some reason, these words sounded so unfamilianto them. Not that they thought she didn't love

her actions, after all. However, hearing those words might be surprising,