Nathalie left the police station and made a point to visit Patrick. The small window between them might as well have been an ocean or a mountain, separating father and daughter. For reasons he couldn't quite grasp, Patrick didn't hurl insults at Nathalie like he used to. Instead, he just gazed at her, his mind a swirling mess.

"I know I favored your sister in the past and did things that hurt you. I said things I shouldn't have. But Nellie, I'm still your dad. The way you spoke about me today just was not right."

His face softened with a hint of nostalgia. "You used to be so innocent and sweet. Now you're smart, but you've turned so bitter. You've let me down."

Nathalie's voice was flat as she replied, "Why do you think I've turned out this way? Isn't it because of what you've done to me?"

Patrick's face went pale.

world to use my umbilical cord blood for Greta's illness. Once she was better, you tossed me aside like

a kidney to Greta and saving her life once more. I should be your daughter's lifesaver twice over. But what did you do? You let her take my husband, wreck my family.

in her eyes. "Greta treats her pet better than you treat me. I'm your daughter, yet how am I worse

irony. "You gave me life but never taught me love or respect. And you expect

Nellie's pain, all of it inflicted by those she should have been able to

he felt a twinge of regret, but old habits die hard. Tears streamed down his face as he pleaded, "Nel, I'm sorry for everything. I want to make it up to you. But right now, you have to clear my name.

murmured, "You're just like him, always promising to make things right. But every time Greta cries, I lose everything. So, I've stopped expecting anything from you. The love I want is one-of-a-kind. Your love is too cheap, and I don't want

gave Patrick one last look, her gaze carrying a dark, destructive energy. Her voice was like

whisper from the depths "In my next life, I wish to be a tree, a river a mountain-anything but human. Being human is just too exhausting, too

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