Chapter <b>248 </b>Severed Ties PERS
Chapter 248 Severed Ties
Natalie remembered well that they had once forbidden her from drinking soda, iming it <b>was </b>bad for her health. She hadn’t resented it–she thought they meant well. She never dared buy or drink it again. Later, she realized that having a drink now and then <b>wasn’t </b><b>harmful</b>.
Back then, before she was driven out of the Summers family, she believed their harshness came from care. But once Sharon returned, everything changed. Sharon could <b>eat </b>and drink whatever she wanted, and the old couple never said a word.
Natalie couldn’t help but feel bitter. So that was the weight of blood ties.
Now, seeing Jordan bringing her favorite drink as if it were some gesture of affection, <b>she </b>found it difficult to stomach.
“Jordan, I remember you saying this was forbidden. So what are you trying to do, bringing it now?<b>” </b>
Her voice carried no warmth.
The two turned at the sound.
When Quincy saw her, her eyes reddened instantly. Tears welled up until they spilled over.
“Natalie!”
She stepped forward to embrace her, but Natalie instinctively stepped back, putting space between them.
The distance froze Quincy mid–step. Her tears fell harder.
“You’re still angry, aren’t you? I know, I was blind. After Sharon came back, I ignored you. I even let her beat and torment you without stepping in. That was my fault. But we still have eighteen years of mother and daughter between us, Natalie!”
Her words didn’t move Natalie.
She had once cared deeply for this foster mother. Every time she went away forpetitions or events, she brought back gifts for Quincy, hoping to ease the tension in her life with Jordan. She had wanted Quincy to smile more.
But when the truth of her birth came out, Quincy’s words had cut her <b>deeper </b>than <b>any </b>de. Later, when Sharon locked her in the basement, beating her andshing her, Quincy hadn’t
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spoken a word to stop it. The way she looked at Natalie then–like a stray dog–had burned that bond to ashes.
“Quincy, I remember your words clearly. From the day it was proven I wasn’t your daughter, you forbade me from mentioning the Summers family again. I’ve kept that promise. So why are you here today?”
Her voice was calm, almost indifferent. That coolness hurt worse than anger. Quincy sobbed harder.
“Natalie, we were wrong. Please forgive us. I never thought Sharon could be so vicious. I thought she was only jealous you lived in her ce for eighteen years. I never imagined she’d even try to kill her own mother. We were blind, Natalie. Blind not to see how good you were all along.”
Her regret poured out like a flood.
She and Jordan hade to the countryside chasing scraps of clues. If they could find even the slightest proof that Sharon wasn’t really theirs, they would cut her off in a heartbeat. But the couple they sought had vanished.
And at the hospital where Sharon was born, every record, every test confirmed she was their child.
Still, Quincy and Jordan couldn’t ept it.
Hearing Natalie was here, they hade anyway. Compared to Sharon, Natalie was kind and dutiful. Now that she was revealed as the Stone family’s daughter, they hoped–shamelessly- that they might cling to the title of foster parents. <fne83a> This update is avable on find{n}ovel</fne83a>
But Natalie saw through it. They weren’t here out of love. They were here because her identity had changed.
So she had no more expectations.
“The past is over. Why are you here now?”
Her voice was t.
Quincy faltered, unable to answer.
Jordan sighed, guilt clouding his eyes. “Nothing. We only wanted to see you.”
“I don’t need parents anymore,” Natalie said coldly. “I already have a real family now. Go back, Jordan. Quincy. I’ll ept your gesture, but that’s all.”
Te<b>, </b>Sep <b>30 </b>