Chapter 436

Sleep never came to Wendy. She never thought a single remark from Margaret could keep her awake all night. Around midnight, Alexander sat up and rested his hand on her shoulder. "Why are you still awake?" Wendy leaned on his shoulder with her eyes closed as she said, "When I was a kid, my mom was good to me. My dad, though… he had a nasty temper. He acted like a pushover in public, but at home, he was a bully. He took it all out on me, just because I was a girl. And I had a little brother. "In our town, every family with a son prioritizes the boys. It was like an unspoken tradition. No exceptions. Even if my mom treated me a little better sometimes, that's all it was. Deep down, I knew she leaned toward my brother. "Even though she tried not to make it obvious, at the end of the day, she still favored him. It showed in the little things, like when she cooked roasted chicken. The drumsticks would go to my brother. She would give him one for dinner, and the other to be saved for his