Must Read: A SECOND CHANCE - Season 2 - Episode 22

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Must Read: A SECOND CHANCE - Season 2 - Episode 22

‘you are a saucy little brat. If only you tried to be a little nice to Alice, then perhaps……’

Maria closed her ears and ran out of the room before Tony could complete his statement.

She ran to the balcony and sat on the tiled floor…

*****

‘Maria is upset because i didnt comfort her the way i comforted you last night, can you imagine?’ Tony said as he paced around the room angrily

Alice sighed ‘is that why you are angry?’ she stood up from the bed ‘you know she is a teenager so she desires a little petting. You should remember that you are both her mother and father’
‘is that why she should always insult you everytime she sees you? Is that reason enough for her to disrespect you?’
‘i didnt say that. But the fact that she hates me or disrespects me shouldnt allow you give up on your fatherly duties towards her. Last week, she asked for Jimmy choo sandals and chanel perfume, you refused buying them for her, she also complained about her insufficient allowance and you refused to do anything about it. Tony, do you think all these will make her like me? It will only make her hate me more. Like i’m stealing her father’s love from her. She has already hated me enough and anymore hatred from her could make her kill me’
‘so what are you saying? That i should still shower her with gifts and attention even after she disrespects you? I know why i’m doing this.

At least, if she suffers from my lack of attention towards her, she will warm up to you and she could at least get close you. Thats a step’
Alice smiled ‘no, thats not the best step to take in issues like this. She will never warm up to me if you continue refusing her all she wants’ she placed her left hand on Tony’s chin and turned his face to her ‘lets handle this very well. Its a very serious issue. If Maria doesnt learn to get used to me before our wedding, then she might never like me again. So i want us to apply wisdom in this’
‘so what are you suggesting?’
‘i suggest we both sit her down and talk to her.

Lets know what her true feelings are. Her fears. Why she resents me so much. Why she doesnt want me to be your wife. Why she is so against our relationship. We have to find out and not in a harsh way. Lets settle this amicably’
‘and what if it doesnt work?’
‘then i will talk to her myself. I know i will be able to melt her heart. Maria is a very nice girl, i know. She’s just afraid that if i come into this family, you will never pay her any attention again and you are already confirming her fears. Seeing how she takes good care of Felix and loves having him around, she is not a bad person. You cant imagine that Felix was actually crying yesterday that he wanted to stay with his big sister, and she treats him like a kid brother!’
‘i’m not oblivios of that fact. Maria loves Felix because….because….never mind but Maria is just bieng wicked and devilish for nothing sake!’
‘for her mother’s sake. She still believes her mum is alive in her heart and i think she feel pain knowing that very soon, you will remarry and forget about her mum’
‘i know Naomi, Alice, she loved me, she wanted the best for me. She would be sad knowing that i waited eleven long years before i planned on remarrying. She wouldnt have wanted me to mourn her that long and i know she must be happy wherever she is that i’m planning to remarry so where the hell is Maria getting the stupid ideas from, that her mother would be sad that another woman would be taking her place’
‘she told you that?’
‘yes she did. When i bought you that car on your birthday’
‘you see what i was saying? You would never blame her. She’s not all about you forgetting her mum. She’s afraid she might lose alot of your attention once you marry again. And even if you still give her attention, it will never be like before when she was the only family you had around’
‘why are you supporting Maria even though you know that she’s wrong?’
‘she’s not wrong, one. And two, because i understand her. I’ve tried putting myself in her shoes and i can say i understand whats she’s passing through and two, i love her. She’s now my daughter whether she likes it or not and no mother gives up on her child no matter what’ Alice said passionately