She also knew that whenever it came to Cecelia, he always had a long explanation rehearsed, so when she agreed without a fight, it caught him off guard.
“It’s no problem. I’ll just move all the excess stuff out of here.”
It didn’t matter if she stayed or left. She would be completely out of this house very soon.
Oliver’s rehearsed speech was at the tip of his tongue the moment she answered him. But Cecelia beat him to it. “Thanks Maddy.”
Madelynn didn’t respond. She just picked up one of the boxes with her bony hands and headed for the door. Just as she approached it, Cecelia put out a foot and made her trip.
Madelynn couldn’t stop the fall in time, and her knee landed in the broken glass from the picture frame. She let out a loud wince as pain shot through her body.
Cecelia winked at her and dragged Oliver away without him even noticing anything.
Madelynn stayed on the floor and let her tears flow freely. She thought about the way Cecelia had always been treated as a golden princess.
Madelynn was the only one who did chores in the house, Cecelia would always make up one excuse after the other.