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She wasn’t leaving them any room to save face—just straight–up humiliation.
Leo got even angrier. “Always making assumptions, huh? You guys think you know everything p>
So AlÃcia had already made a scene about cutting ties and even hired a lawyer.
No wonder people had come to talk to him about it before.
He glared at his three sons, his eyes burning with anger and disappointment.
“She invited you to her performance. Why didn’t you go?
“She got hurt and ended up in the hospital. Why didn’t you go see her?
“What kind of brothers are you p>
Kevin replied. “We never approved of her getting into showbiz. We wanted to push her to quit.
“We skipped it to make it clear we didn’t support her decision to go into showbiz p>
He let out a bitter laugh. “Honestly, we never thought she’d really cut us off just because of that p>
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Honestly, if they’d known things would end up like this, they would’ve dropped everything and showed up that day, no matter what.
And now it hit them–that whole mess was just the trigger. There was way more going on beneath the surface.
Leo snapped, “But you can’t just ignore her and let her fend for herself!
“She’s getting dragged online, and none of you even said a word to defend her p>
“She’s the real heiress of Hammond Group–so all that talk about her faking it is just nonsense p>
Kevin replied, “We honestly had no clue about any of that. All we knew was, after she joined the industry, her singing and dancing sucked, so she was holding her girl group back and getting roasted for it.
“We figured she only got into showbiz because of Nicolas, so she wasn’t really focused on her career at all.
“She got dragged for being dead weight, and we thought that would make her realize the entertainment world just wasn’t for her. We figured she’d bow out once things got rough.
“We only found out about the whole identity scandal later, but by then, she was already fighting with us about other stuff.
“Plus, Nicole’s so sensitive–we were worried if we brought it up, she’d get all worked up and think we’d ditch her. That’s why we kept putting it off p>
Leo fell silent for a moment.
After all, Nicole had been hurt a lot as a kid, and she was always scared the Hammond family would just
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toss her aside.
She was so fragile and insecure, constantly on edge, afraid of losing what little she had.
Over the years, they’d tried their best to make her feel at home and safe with the Hammonds.
But all that effort just made Alicia even more annoyed–she could never stand Nicole and her mom.
He let out a heavy sigh. “If she had issues, couldn’t we just talk it out? Why did she have to blow things up like this p>
Part of him was pissed–Alicia had totally crossed the line, going out of her way to humiliate him at his own birthday bash.
But deep down, it stung. He just couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that his daughter actually wanted to cut them off for good.
She was the little girl he’d always held in the palm of his hand, showering her with love all these years.
Sure, maybe they gave Nicole a little extra attention, but it’s not like they ever did anything to really wrong Alicia, right?
Alicia was always gunning for Nicole and her mom, and any little thing would set her off, turning it into a huge fight with the whole family.
Kevin shook his head, still baffled. “Seriously, we’ve tried to sit down and talk things out, but she just shuts us out every single time p>
Leo hesitated for a moment, then pulled out his phone and actually called Alicia.
Ever since that dinner, when he’d criticized Alicia because of Nicole and she lost it–flipping the table and storming out–they hadn’t spoken a word to each other.
They hadn’t been in touch since.
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He’d been waiting for her to come crawling back and make the first move.
But when he called, all he got was a message saying the number was no longer in service.
He froze for a second. She actually ditched her old number?‘ he thought, stunned.
Then he tried WhatsApp, tapping to start a voice call.
But to his shock, he wasn’t even on her contact list anymore.
‘She actually deleted me from WhatsApp?
Is she really trying to cut us out of her life completely?
“When did she turn so cold?’ he wondered, feeling the sting in his chest.
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