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.

slid out of bed barefoot, pulled open the pristine white curtains, and looked out at the beautiful garden below, breathing in the fresh morning air. Her mood lifted almost instantly. "Wendy, if that's all you called to say,

something I need

refused. "Is there any

mother and daughter! How can you

have you ever treated me like a

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

know you've had a tough time these past few months. We have an 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

what I told you? In less than six months, you and your family will have nothing. By then, you might just be left with that old, broken place. You should keep

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

hand, always have to be sharp-tongued, hurting me every day. You think it

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

affection. From now on, she 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," Natalie said, not wanting

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

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Chapter 51

said I was ungrateful and didn't know what was good for me. No matter what I did, it was wrong in

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

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

then headed to the bathroom, feeling her spirits lift after laughing

she finished her workout, took a quick

out with a grin. Seeing his granddaughter return to her

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