However, Lady Melisssa soon started to notice a pattern with her mothers relative's, they would only ever come to the Shayla estate when they needed a favour, money from her mother, or when they were financially struggling.
The Duchess was being used over and over again, and she herself knew it.
She knew that she was being used by her relatives, and even by her own siblings, but she had just let it happen since they were family.
If she didn't help them then who else would? She knew it wasn't right for them to continuously take advantage of her, for money, but she couldn't stop herself from doing so.
It was as if the Duchess was doing this subconsciously as if it was her second nature to allow her relatives to take her money.
The worst part was that the Duchess' relatives would simply ignore her existence, and never come again unless they needed help of course.
It was an endless cycle that had kept repeating itself, over and over and over.
