"Cecilia!"
Their father stepped through the threshold and slammed his hands against the wall, reprimanding her severely,
"How can you be so crass and vulgar!?"
Cecilia flinched at her father's tone, shocked that he would actually raise his voice at her for someone else, she glared at Cinderella with fierce eyes before rushing up the stairs, knocking Cinderella hard on the railing as she passed by.
Cinderella bit her lip but didn't dare to call out in pain, he whole body trembling. She looked at them with a tired smile that inevitably made one pity, "I didn't mean to make Cecilia mad, I just.."
"It's been a long time without my mother..."
Their father once again felt a smudge of guilt for this child and was a little bit angry at Cecilia. He simply reached into his pocket and pulled out a delicate necklace, originally meant for Cecilia. He handed it to Cinderella graciously,
"Take it. Treat it as an early birthday gift, "
