Although Helen had moments of regret, she knew she could not live her life holding on to the past forever.


    "If you really cared about me, why didn''t you just strangle your biological daughter back then?" Wendy''s expression changed suddenly as if she were a demon crawling out of hell. She grabbed Helen''s shoulders and shook her vigorously. "Huh? Why didn''t you strangle her? If you hadn''t given birth to her in the first ce, there wouldn''t be a Melody tormenting me now. Do you have any idea how much pain I''m in? Everything I had has been ruined by your daughter!"


    Helen screamed, "Wendy, what''s gotten into you?!"


    The reason she had not aborted Melody was because she thought Melody was a boy. If she had a son, she would have had a firm foothold in the Sanders family. It was just a pity that things did not go as nned.


    "Your despicable daughter is constantly fighting with me over things. I hate you. I''ll never ept someone as rotten as you as my mom."


    Helen stood still, her struggling movements halted. She felt aggrieved at all the usations Wendy was hurling at her. She had not imagined that all her years of effort would be in vain. The shock was so much that she could not react for a while.


    ''Is Wendy hating me or Melody?'' she wondered.


    At that moment, Ethan, who was slowly walking back home, also saw them. He rushed over to pry Wendy''s hand off.


    "Wendy, what are you doing? She''s your mom!"


    Wendy''s eyes were so red they seemed like they could drip blood. "You''re all crazy! She''s not my mom. You forced me to call her mom, but her daughter took everything from me! Ah-"


    Wendy let go of her own ord, stumbling backward until she copsed on the ground. She had gotten too weak from the hunger strike and had used up thest of her strength.


    Helen sank into the couch, feeling utterly hollow.


    "I''ve been worrying about you for nothing..." Helen muttered to herself. Unfortunately, no one heard her except herself.


    Seeing his eldest daughter in such a deranged state, Ethan naturally felt a headacheing on.


    "Wendy, snap out of it. You''re no match for Melody. Just stop provoking her. Why are you being so stubborn?"


    Wendy finally could not hold back and threw herself into Ethan''s arms, crying loudly.


    "Dad, what should I do? Everything I had is ruined, I have nothing left! Melody has ruined me!"


    Ethan was naturally heartbroken to see his precious daughter like this. He did not even notice that Helen was lying on the couch looking strangely out of it.


    Helen had never imagined that her


    life would turn out so pathetic. After marrying Ethan and enjoying a period of good times in theirBelongs ? to N?velDrama.Org.


    marriage, all the problems bega


    after Melody was born. They had hoped for a boy, someone who


    could get along well with Wendy, but unexpectedly, another daughter


    arrived.


    Since then, Helen felt that her mother-inw never looked at her with favor, Every time she went to her inws'' house, she felt nitpicked and criticized. Helen believed that all of this was brought about by Melody, so she could not help but feel particrly resentful toward her.