Rebirth Of Vengeance

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.

garden below, breathing in the fresh morning air. Her mood lifted almost instantly. "Wendy, if that's all you called to say, I'll

Natalie! Do you have time to meet? There's something I

refused. "Is there

daughter! How can you say something like that? Isn't it normal for a mother and daughter to

smiled sarcastically. "Then tell me, have you ever treated me like a daughter, even once or

If you hadn't done those things,

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

less than six months, you and your family will have nothing. By then, you might

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

sharp-tongued, hurting me every day. You think it doesn't

those words from Wendy's mouth felt like a knife

didn't want such cheap love; she felt it might be her fate never to receive familial 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,

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

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Chapter 51

I was obedient, you called me useless. When I argued back, you said I was ungrateful and didn't know what was good

you'll understand how I've been living these past few years." With that, Natalie hung up the phone. Natalie took a deep breath,

needed to beat the bad mood and conquer herself before she could overcome life's challenges. Life would always leave scars,

out loudly, and then headed to the bathroom, feeling her spirits lift after laughing it off-it was surprisingly

later, she finished her workout, took a quick shower, and then came back down for

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