It wasn't like Melanie didn't know that this was how it would be, but she hadn't thought that her parents would go to the lengths of strapping her to a chair where the vampires were operated. Treating her like she was not their daughter anymore and it hurt her.
"You do know you are not a disappointment. You have a generous heart," said Simon, and he sighed when Melanie didn't respond to his words. "Do not doubt yourself for a moment. Just because people cannot see what you see, doesn't mean you are wrong."
"They hate me. So much that they didn't care if I would be alive after they returned," Melanie's eyes watered, but the tears didn't fall from her eyes. She took a deep breath. "I sometimes don't get why there's so much hate in this world, when so many things can be resolved by talking."
