Chapter 4

Natalie's

laughter was a sad echo in the air as she looked at Easton, her eyes pooling with tears. "Two years together, and that's all I am to you? Just some snake? You'd still back Jennifer even when she's lying her ass off?"

She gestured at the evidence, her voice shaky. "The truth is right here, and you're still not buying it. What more do I have to say?"

Easton was speechless, gazing into her sorrowful eyes, as if being his wife was her greatest regret.

Standing alone, she was framed by the garden's crisp air and the faint light from the distant screen. The wind tousled her skirt and hair, but her heartbroken look stole the scene. Easton sensed a shift in her, a new resolve in her eyes.

Natalie's voice dripped with scorn. "Easton, you can't face the truth, can you?" Her words hit him like daggers.

with two guys, and the room's buzz turned into a roar. The Garcia and Simpson families were the town's favorite

pointed at Linda, claiming she'd bribed them. "She paid me, officer, and I've got the

police. "It was all me," she confessed, her voice shaking. "I

looked at Linda with a furrowed brow, confused about her defense of

dumb, Natalie questioned, "Linda, I've never wronged you. Why are you doing this

wanted to save this family from you. You're a jinx." Natalie smiled bitterly, feeling the staff's disdain, a stark

She'd wasted her life on a man who didn't deserve it, but

anew,' she thought to herself. With a sweet smile, Natalie told the officers, "Talk to my lawyer. He's on his way." Turning to Wendy Simpson, her mother, she

illegitimate daughter. He had brought her in to replace Natalie,

her eyes

stared in disbelief as Natalie left without a backward glance. Turning to

panicked.

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