Rebirth Of Vengeance

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.

guys, and the room's buzz turned into

men pointed at Linda, claiming she'd bribed them. "She paid me, officer,

stressed with high blood pressure, nearly collapsed when she saw the police. "It was all me," she confessed, her voice shaking. "I did it. Please, take

about her defense of Jennifer. Natalie had planned this just for a clean

wronged you. Why are you doing this to

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

life on a man who didn't deserve it, but no more. She'd watch this family

the chance to begin 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 murmured,

had brought her in to replace Natalie, a secret Natalie had figured out during her

watched Natalie leave, her eyes

Natalie left without a backward glance.

panicked.