Chapter 719: The Web She Wove
Victoria smiled.
It was a small thing, barely a curve of her lips, but it was there. She knew there was no way her daughter would remember everything that had happened. Sophia had the tendency to forget things after all. Blocking things from her brain, choosing to forget rather than face things head-on. She had always done it, right from when she was a child.
Victoria had not noticed it at first.
She had just thought something was wrong with Sophia, the way she would go quiet after something traumatic, her eyes growing distant, her answers becoming vague and uncertain. She would ask a question, and Sophia would stare at her like she was trying to recall something that wasn't quite there. It had been useful in the beginning. A convenient way to keep the girl pliable.
