Their father’s treatment of Isabel was so unfair, but almost more so because Ana María had not once thought to counteract his actions. She’d never questioned or challenged their father’s conduct toward her. Instead, Ana María had been resentful of Isabel, for she had not been held to the same standard as she was; her sister had seemed able to do whatever she pleased, while Ana María jumped through hoops like a circus animal. In reality, Isabel had been made to feel inferior simply because she looked like their father.
