Colin looked at his mother in confusion, his eyes zing with anger. “Mom, are you really going to do this to me for Natalie? Weren''t we a happy family before? Ever since she showed up, our family has been torn apart. She''s a jinx."


    “Yes, she''s a jinx, but you''re the ones who forced thatbel on her. Colin, it''s about time you got a taste of what it''s like to be bullied and wrongly used."


    "No one in the Scott family is a good person. I wish you all the best and great sess in your future endeavors."


    "Now, can you please get out?"


    Colin was speechless.


    Seeing the serious expression on his mother''s face, he was genuinely scared.


    He grabbed his mother''s hand, looking at her nervously. "Mom, what''s gotten into you? You used to hate Natalie, didn''t you? Why are you siding with her now?"


    “Because I was a poor judge of character. You Scotts are the truly terrifying ones. My Natalie is the kindest person. From now on, don''t call me Mom. I am not your mother."


    Wendy closed her eyes, pained. They were already ruined.


    She couldn''t fix them now.


    It was her fault, but time couldn''t be reversed.


    She was filled with regret, but all she could do was protect what she had left.


    "You like Joanna, so go on, keep being her dog..."


    "Mom, how can you say that about Joanna? She... she''s my beloved sister. Is this because of Natalie? If it is, I''ll teach her a lesson in secret..."


    Wendy, in her anguish, pped him across the face. She was utterly disappointed in this son.


    "Colin, get out! You''re in your twenties and still a good-for-nothing mooching off your parents. Your father let you chase your dreams, and in your prime years, you neglected your studies to pursue them. Did you seed?"


    "Would a good father let his children do whatever they please? When I tried to control you, you all found me annoying and unloving. Now you''ve achieved nothing, your dreams are dead Colin, if this is the life you want, then go live it. I have fulfilled my duty of raising you. I won''t interfere anymore."


    "I will not have a scoundrel for a son who does nothing but frame others."


    Wendy was in agony. Of her four sons, only the eldest had some rity.


    From now on, she was done with all of them. It was too exhausting. She had only just realized she couldn''t protect anyone, not even her own daughter.


    Colin sneered. He finally understood. His mother now looked down on his father for marrying into the family. "If you don''t want me, my father will...”


    "Fine, then go live with them. Your father''s mistress is a wonderful person; I''m sure she''ll dote on her wonderful stepson."


    "Mom, I already heard about that. Natalie set Dad up.....”


    "Colin, people are stupid until they''re dead. If Joanna told you to eat shit, you''d probably think it tasted better than steak was there I saw it with my own eyes. Your father walked in there on his own two feet, and you all still want to frame Natalie." Cóntent


    "Joanna staged her own kidnapping to frame Natalie. Your eldest brother''s car ident was arranged by people Joanna hired. Jared is missing and presumed dead because Monica, the woman she hired, was meant to seduce him and


    make him abandon hispany, turning him into a useless wreck. Now Jared''spany is in your father''s hands."


    "You have nothing. All Joanna needs to do is use you to deal with Natalie. Then, once I''m out of the way, your father can reunite with Joanna''s biological mother."