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 a roar. The Garcia and Simpson families were the town's favorite soap

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

she saw the police. "It was all me," she confessed,

furrowed brow, confused about her defense

"Linda, I've never wronged you. Why are you doing this to

out of my own dislike for you. Your husband doesn't love you, your brothers hate you. I just wanted to save this family from you. You're a jinx." Natalie smiled bitterly, feeling the staff's disdain, a stark reminder of how low her

move on. She'd wasted her life on a man who

But luckily, you've got 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, "You're giving up your own daughter for your husband's

her in to

watched Natalie leave, her eyes widening

left without a backward

panicked.

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