Old Sterling knew that she wanted to avoid facing Jose and Mandy.
After all, Jose was her ex-fiancé, and he broke up with her because of her cousin; her relationship with Mandy was also very tense. It would be a little awkward for her to live in the same house with them. But old Sterling was really reluctant to let her leave.
When Alessa moved out, so would Brian.
Brian rarely lived at home before. How could old Sterling let him go now?
In this way, old Sterling persuaded Alessa to stay, saying that he was not quite well yet. He also said that as the Sterling's house was so large and had so many rooms, he would arrange Jose and Mandy to live far away from her and Brian. They would not meet each other too much and they would only stay for two days at the weekend.
Anyway, everything wor
