Melanie Wilking 'Will Never Lose Hope' of Having 'Genuine' Relationship with Miranda Derrick Again (Exclusive)

"The person that's sitting in front of her camera and making these posts, that's not my true sister,” Wilking tells PEOPLE

Melanie Wilking is not done fighting for her sister.

After the Netflix release of Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult on May 29 — which claims that Miranda Derrick is a member of an alleged cult overseen by Robert Shinn, the founder of the Shekinah Church — Derrick has spoken out, calling the documentary "one-sided" and saying she and her husband have received hate mail and death threats.

we never wanted any sort of violence to come her way, and I'm very sorry that she has experienced that because our only intent was to save her from an unsafe environment and to give her love and know that we're here to support her,”

"I don't understand how my parents and my sister thought that this documentary would help me or would help our relationship in any way," she said in one social media video.

In addition to denouncing the threats her sister has recieved, her sister tells PEOPLE that while they knew participating in the docuseries might impact their dynamic with Derrick, staying quiet wasn't an option — and that she still has hope they can get back to where they used to be.

“We have all the hope in the world that we'll get back to our relationship previous to this,” Wilking, 25, says. “Even talking to ex-members and seeing the other storyline of the sisters in the documentary and seeing that they're mending their relationship, that gives me hope as well."

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However, as it stands now, Wilking says that although she has reached out, she hasn't heard from her sister since the docuseries was released.

“We're both going through a lot," she says. "Emotions are very heightened, so I know she'll come around when she's ready, but as of right now, I have not heard from her.”

And listening to what her sister has said publicly on her own social media accounts about the family has been difficult.

“Hearing these things from my sister, it saddens me, but then I have to know that she's been under this control for over three years, and so the person that's sitting in front of her camera and making these posts, that's not my true sister,” she says.

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“I kind of have to separate my emotions a little bit and just take it at face value and know that this is from the church and Robert," she continues. "If my sister were who she was previous to this, we would never be in the situation."

"She's so loving and kind and loved our family, and so for her to point fingers at us, it's just not her true self," Wilking adds.

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If everything went according to plan, Wilking says five years from now things would look a lot different than today.

"We are hanging out, having family parties, talking on the daily like we used to and just being there to support each other,” she says of her dream scenario with Derrick. “That's all we've ever wanted and more than anything is just to be a part of her life and I would hope she would want that as well.”

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In the meantime, Wilking is taking things “one day at a time.”

“We've been going through this for over three years, so I've been able to process and heal from that initial shock a little bit,” she says. “Now that the documentary is out and people can see the true story really gives me comfort and peace, and the fact that we can hopefully save other people is what gets me through.”

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