"There are memories with Melanie which I still cherish. I wish you had told me what you knew, but I was only a child, and I understand you not wanting to share those things. Still, I am angry with myself that I didn't notice it," Penelope said.
"You were a child. It wasn't something you should have noticed. My troubles with my mother shouldn't have reached you. It pains me that you found out all of this," Alessandra said, her chest aching, but she tried not to let it show before Penelope. "I am fine."
"You always say that you are fine, but we know it isn't so. Besides Isaebelle, we are all aware of how you hide your feelings, so we don't have to worry. We have all snuck out of our beds at night to play and witnessed things we shouldn't have. Heard what we shouldn't," Penelope shared.
