When Love Becomes a Cage (Melanie) novel Chapter 151

Lisa put away her look of satisfaction and looked at me seriously.

I watched her, puzzled by her unpredictability.

Leaning against the bathroom counter, she fixed her eye on me. "You know my family favors sons over daughters, right?"

I nodded.

It was a known fact. Her brother always received more affection and attention than she did.

Still, the Crawfords were wealthy and I figured Lisa's life wasn't too shabby.

She was far better off than most girls at least. She wore all sorts of jewelry and lived the life of a pampered heiress.

Lisa idly played with the running water and her voice seemed to be casual but yet deliberate. "My father was never good to my mother or me. He always wanted sons, but my mother couldn't have more children after me."

My mother was in bad condition when giving birth to me. Later, it turned out my father had fertility issues, making it nearly impossible for them to have more kids."

"He's been He's been fooling around with so many women over the years, but he still has no son. Serves him right!"

Her tone turned venomous with a stern look.

That's when I learned the reason for Lucia’s death that she had succumbed to depression and ended her life abroad.

That explained why Lisa never returned because she couldn't bear to see her father and brother.

"You've probably forgotten what Tammie Crawford is like. Just a rich asshole, really."

"He got into gambling because I set it up. I wanted to ruin him just like he and my father ruined my mother."

Lucia had stumbled upon her husband's affairs multiple times and endured his and her son's verbal abuses, which led to her depression.

In the end, she wanted to see her son one last time, but Tammie refused, feeling ashamed of her and cursing her to go to hell.