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.

open the pristine white curtains, and looked out at the beautiful garden below, breathing in the fresh

have time to meet? There's something I need to discuss with you,"

refused. "Is there any

daughter! How can you say something like that?

sarcastically. "Then tell me, have you ever treated me

those things, I would never have treated

old, rundown house in the suburbs; you can stay there for now," she added. Natalie fell silent, doubting her own ears. She had no desire to live in a shabby

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

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

more because she's obedient and understanding. You, on the other hand, always have to be sharp-tongued, hurting me every day. You think it

like a knife in her heart. Whether in this

hate those she loathed, leaving kindness and grievances behind. "Wendy, do you have anything

blood pressure spiked from frustration. She thought

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bitterly. "When I was obedient, you called me useless. When I argued back, you said I was ungrateful and didn't know what was good for me. No matter

you'll understand how I've been living these past few years." With that, Natalie hung up the phone. Natalie took a deep breath, reminding herself not to let anger

overcome life's challenges. Life would

loudly, and then headed to the bathroom, feeling her spirits lift after

a quick shower, and then came back down

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

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