The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2581

“Don’t worry, once I’m back at school, I won’t hang out with those guys anymore. I’ll hit the books hard, I promise. I’ll go through all the study material Victoria got me. Please, don’t be angry anymore.”

That was the first time she had ever backed down in front of Elton.

In the past, she’d come home with her head held high no matter how wild or wrong she had been.

She never saw the point in apologizing, always feeling that if her dad pressed her to say sorry, it was because of Victoria’s presence. If Victoria messed up, she was sure he wouldn’t be so quick to discipline her. Just because it was Mara, he didn’t seem to care as much.

Elton had no idea what Mara had gone through. Just after a whole afternoon out, she came back a changed kid, and it made him suspicious.

Still, faced with her apology, he certainly had to be supportive and comforting.

“That’s my girl. You have no idea how relieved I am to hear you say that. It makes all the guidance your sister and I have given you worth it.

No matter how wrong you were, I shouldn’t have raised my hand

mother.

words stung them both.

and hugged her father tightly, “Dad, don’t say that. You’ve done nothing wrong. All these years, you’ve taken care of us on your own, never bringing another woman into our lives. We appreciate it more than you know.

hesitated, then joined in the hug, not quite knowing the right words to comfort her

more than willing to keep

knew was that, a seed of love had been planted in Mara’s

words were etched into Victoria’s mind, and whenever she recalled him speaking those comforting words with such a cold expression,

one he had

would someone approach a complete stranger and

at the thought, she covered her face with her hands, but

had happened to her little sister, but the recent changes in Mara were clear for