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Chapter 248 Severed Ties
Natalie remembered well that they had once forbidden her from drinking soda, claiming it was 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 wasn’t harmful.
Back then, before she was driven out of the Summers family, she believed their harshness cfrom care. But
once Sharon returned, everything changed. Sharon could eat 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 sgesture of affection, she found it difficult to
stomach.
“Jordan, | remember you saying this was forbidden. So what are you trying to do, bringing it now?”
Her voice carried no warmth.
The two turned at the sound.
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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? | know, | was blind. After Sharon cback, | ignored you. | 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 tshe went away for competitions 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 cout, Quincy's words had cut her deeper than any blade. Later, when Sharon
locked her in the basement, beating her and lashing 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, | remember your words clearly. From the day it was proven | wasn’t your daughter, you forbadefrom
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. | never thought Sharon could be so vicious. | thought she was only
jealous you lived in her place for eighteen years. | 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 had cto 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 accept it.
Hearing Natalie was here, they had canyway. 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.
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 flat.
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
accept your gesture, but that’s all.”
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