Penelope let the tears she had been holding fall from her eyes when Axel entered the room. Two years ago, she found out who her real parents were from Axel. Her father is Axel's older brother, Damien, a bad man who derives pleasure from people's pain while her mother is Vivian, someone who had hurt Hannah many times in the past.
After the attack that led Hannah to sleep, things have been very uneventful for them. Penelope cried and begged to see her mother, Hannah, because she missed her but everyone else tried to keep her away from Hannah and told her to stay silent. People around her no longer showed her the affection she used to receive when Hannah was there and they all looked at her with contempt, like she was a monster.
Though she was little, she could feel the loathful gazes of everyone whenever they saw her. Her little heart could not accept it, so she ran away from home intending to find Hannah.