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.

her grip on his hand trembling. "Please wake up. I'll be a good girl if you do. I promise I won't cause any trouble anymore, and I will not

coated her eyes. "Daddy...

left her mouth, the heart rate monitor started producing loud, frantic sounds. Penny snapped

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

a group of nurses rushed into the ward. All Penny remembered was the medical professionals

voice was heard from behind. "Dad! What's going on with him?! What's happening to

his voice as he tried to get in, but

the bed. They dragged Penny and Atlas away as they both cried and shouted. Before they could even reach the door, Atlas and Penny heard the

if their minds had gone completely blank. They couldn't think or react property. They didn't even have any idea

that happened afterward was a blur for Penny and Atlas.

of the events afterward registering

remembered was standing in front of their father's grave

grave with a blank face. She couldn't even recall what she had done after the funeral; all of their relatives talked about her

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

she held secretly: not telling

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

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

for her family through her actions, after all. However, hearing those