Chapter 51

Chapter 51

Early the next morning, Natalie was still deep in sleep when her phone started ringing, pulling her awake.

She opened her bleary eyes and glanced outside; the sky was already bright.

A frown creased her face, her delicate, striking features clouded with irritation. She wondered who could be calling so early. Reaching for her phone, she answered, "Hello?"

"Natalie, it's me," Wendy said.

The moment Natalie recognized Wendy's voice, she furrowed her brow. "Wendy, what do need?"

you

Wendy faltered, a glimmer of pain flickering in her eyes. "Natalie, I'm your mother. Can't you even call me 'Mom'?"

Natalie let out a bitter laugh, baffled by Wendy's nerve. "Have you forgotten? I cut ties with your family. You're not my mother, so stop pretending. I don't have a mother."

"Besides, what kind of mother stands by and does nothing while her own daughter is taken away?" She still remembered how Wendy had just watched when Murray's guards took her, doing absolutely nothing to intervene. Wendy felt a twinge of guilt. "Natalie, back then, I thought you'd hurt Mrs. Spencer. I just wanted you to learn a lesson, to be more careful next time. I knew they wouldn't really hurt you."

Hearing this, Natalie felt extremely hurt. 'I've already given up on expecting anything from them; why did I let myself be disappointed again?'

She didn't need anything half-hearted in her life. With a broader perspective, she saw that many things didn't even matter to her anymore.

in the fresh morning air. Her mood lifted almost instantly. "Wendy, if that's all you

you have time to meet? There's something I need

refused. "Is there any

we're mother and daughter! How can

treated me like a daughter, even once or

you hadn't done those things, I would never have

rundown house in the suburbs; you can stay there for now," she added. Natalie

told you? In less than six months, you and your family will have nothing. By

offering you a place to stay for your own good; you don't need to be

me every day. You

knife in her heart. Whether in this life or the last, Wendy had never shown

would love those she cared for and hate those she loathed, leaving kindness and grievances behind. "Wendy, do you have anything else to say? If not, I'm hanging up,"

really this ungrateful?" Wendy's blood pressure spiked from frustration. She thought Natalie

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said I was ungrateful

in six months, you'll understand how I've been living these past few years." With that, Natalie hung up the phone.

the bad mood and conquer herself before she could overcome life's challenges. Life would always leave scars, but she was determined those scars would eventually turn

spirits lift after laughing it off-it was surprisingly effective. After washing up, she went

a quick shower, and

Your favorite, ravioli, is ready!" her grandfather, Lambert, called out with a grin. Seeing his granddaughter return to her regular routine filled him with

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