Alessia POV To say that Alessia was struggling to care for Sophia was an understatement. She was trying to appease the little girl, but everything seemed to turn into a battle. It didn’t matter if it was bathtime, bedtime or dinnertime—every time Alessia would call her daughter or ask her to do something, Sophia’s face would scrunch up, her little arms would fold in front of her chest and the only word that would be uttered would be a resound an resolute NO. To make matters worse, when she wasn’t protesting, she would say the worst things: Elizabeth cuts my sandwich like this, Elizabeth sings the songs too when we watch a movie, Elizabeth reads the books like this… Apparently, the nanny turned stepmother would read each character in a different voice, and even play out some of the scen

