It was her guilt that is why she kept protecting Alisha. But at this point I'm face palming because she does not set boundaries until it escalated at this point. Her siblings were victims of their father and somehow part complacency from Alisha herself. It's not fair for Alisha to say that their siblings died when she herself rode on favors given to her by the deadbeat on the backs of the ones who dies. Paula needs to have a backbone
Oh my goodness, I started this manga I was in pre school (don't ask how that happened) now I'm nearing my 30s and working. How time flies and kyoko is forever 17 and the story is like one chapter a few mins in a day.