Chapter 58 A Grandmother's Anguish

Sierra's grandmother had lived long enough to put the pieces together. She looked at the Xander brothers and then at Sierra, her eyes filled with pain. "How did it come to this? You always told me you were doing well in the Xander family. I never doubted it. I thought—they're your real family, your birth parents, your real brothers. They treat Denise so well; why wouldn't they treat you the same? I never knew you were suffering so much. I should have asked more questions. I should have checked on you more. But I was afraid—afraid they would think I was meddling, afraid that if I stayed too close, they would hold it against you… So I backed off. It's my fault. I let you go through all the pain alone. Sierra..."