Natalie was overwhelmed with sorrow, and tears began to stream down her face again.


    On the other end, Wendy was also sobbing her heart out. Her face was pale as shey on the bed, her chest heaving violently, her eyes filled with anguish and despair. She was tormented by her poor judgment, for having disowned her own daughter. She was in despair because her daughter would never forgive her. No matter what she did, her daughter no longer needed her.


    "Aaaah!" Wendy trembled with a pain that wracked her entire body. She was breaking down. She had always been so rational, so how had thingse to this?


    In the small, dpidated room, the wind rattled the old ss on the balcony.


    "Mom, what''s wrong?"


    Colin Scott entered his mother''s room, his heart aching at the sight of her.


    Seeing her son, Wendy''s tears fell anew.


    She grabbed Colin''s hand, her voice choked with sobs. "Colin, I was so foolish. I was blinded by love. If I had realized Nathan and Joanna''s despicable schemes sooner, we wouldn''t have ended up like this, and your sister wouldn''t have disowned me."


    "Thest time I went to see her, I said such terrible things. Our boundless favoritism toward Joanna hurt her deeply. She''ll never be able to forgive us."


    Her Natalie would never forgive her.


    In the past, whenever Natalie was wronged, she would just bite her lip and say nothing, because no one was willing to listen to her side of the story.


    Even that jerk Sebastian refused to believe her.


    The moment Joanna cried or threw a tantrum, everyone would flock to her side.


    "Ah!" Wendy pounded the bed in anguish.


    She desperately wanted to make it up to Natalie, but Natalie wanted nothing from her. She had always thought of Natalie as some wild gir from the countryside, never considering that she was the true victim, abandoned as a baby by that Scoundrel Nathan. Contént


    After they brought Natalie back, she had indeed been afraid of being embarrassed by her. But then Mr. Griffith Sr. took a liking to Natalie and wanted her to marry Sebastian.


    That was the only reason she hadn''t sent Natalie away. At the time, she thought that sending Natalie abroad for some polish would make her less of an embarrassment.


    What kind of mother is ashamed of her own daughter?


    She didn''t deserve to be Natalie''s mother. She didn''t deserve it!


    She remembered what Natalie had said. She didn''t want to go. She''d said, "Mom, I''ve already missed more than a decade with you. I want to stay by your side."


    And what had she thought then? That Nataliecked ambition and just wanted to be a freeloader.


    She had begrudged Natalie even a small allowance, buying her clothes that cost a few hundred dors while ordering custom-made, million-dor gowns for Joanna.


    The more Wendy thought about it, the more she felt she was unfit to be a mother. She was a terrible mother.


    Seeing his mother''s pain, Colin felt a knot in his stomach. He said in a low voice, "Mom, don''t overthink it. If we treat her right from now on, she''ll see that we''re sincere and will forgive us."


    Colin knew he was wrong, too. He didn''t even have the courage to face Natalie. When she got into trouble he couldn''t help her at all. He knew _nothing besides driving cars and no one was willing to do him a favor to help her. In that moment, he truly understood how insignificant he was.


    If he hadn''t spent thest decade ying with cars and had instead learned how to navigate the world, he wouldn''t have been so helpless when his sister was taken away by the police.


    Only after falling do you realize how hard life is. At least now, he could start over. He was still young. It wasn''t toote.


    Wendy shook her head in misery. "No, I know her too well. For those two years, she suffered so much in Qur home. We We favored Joanna giving her everything good and leaving Natalie with all the bad."