Talking about it brought fire to her eyes.
“Do you have any idea how my life was before Charis funded me? I was almost raped by the staff in the orphanage and was abused almost every day!”
Vivian’s pain was palpable in the air that even Natalie felt it.
For a moment, she simply looked at the woman, shocked.
But soon she got the point.
“So you admit that you had a close relationship with Charis? Is that right?”
“I would have been long dead if nor for Miss Turner,” Vivian said, not denying her relationship with Charis.
Talking about Charis seemed to have calmed her down.
Tears welled up in her eyes.
“I have no other relative but her.She is my only family and you killed her!”
Natalie felt bad looking at Vivian as hatred filled her blazing eyes.
She continued to ask, “Did the Turmmer couple ask you to take revenge for their daughter? Or did someone else help you take revenge? Tell me everything you know and I’ll let you go.Vivian, you still have a chance to redeem yourself.”
“The moment I decided to take revenge, ] knew I could never turn back.”
The corners of Vivian’s lips lifted into a mocking smile.
“If you don’t want to talk, then I won’t pry, but I’ll show you something first.”
Natalie put the documents on the table.
Since Vivian’s hands and feet were tied up, Natalie had no choice but to turn the page one by one so she could see everything.
“You are not the only orphan that Charis had helped.These are all the orphans she was close with.Can you see it, Vivian? There had been many better choices before you.You are just a spare.”
Natalie felt bad looking at Vivian as hatred filled her blazing eyes
“A spare? Bullshit! Miss Turner had always been the best to me, and only me!”
Vivian didn’t even look at the document.She cursed Natalie, eyes fiery with rage.
Natalie could sense Vivian was on the verge of breaking down and was amused.
“Talk once you’ve read it.”
In front of Vivian were numerous photographs of orphans, as well as group photos of them with Charis.
There were gifts she was way too familiar with.
Dolls, dresses, and building models.
All were the same as she had received before.
Even the content of the letters sent by Charis was almost identical, only the receiver’s name was different.
These letters were just cheap copies.
“It’s impossible.It’s impossible.These are falsified.The photos were edited.You are lying to me.You…”
Natalie raised her hand and slapped across Vivian’s face.
The sound of the slap boomed in the room, so loud that it extinguished Vivian’s agitation.
Vivian turned her face to the other side due to the force.
Pulling her trembling hand away, Natalie sat and said, “I hope that wakes you up.Charis treated those orphans nicely not because she cared.She simply wanted them to work for her.You are just the most naive one.Some children were smart enough to notice the weirdness and gradually distanced themselves from Charis.You were the only one who kept getting closer to her.”
Jeremy’s words suddenly echoed in her mind.
Charis was not a simple woman.
She could even poison Brandon to erase his memory so that he would stay with her.
Vivian’s eyes became bloodshot.
She warily eyed the documents Natalie brought and then suddenly shouted violently.
Vivian looked feral, as though she had lost her mind.
Watching her outburst made Natalie sneer.
“The one helping you should have known this for a long time, yet they hid the truth from you.They’re also using you.Now you can’t even protect yourself.Do you still want to cover for them?”
Even Johanna was able to investigate it for Natalie, which meant this information wasn’t hard to find.
“Did anyone order you to do all those things or not?” Natalie’s voice raised.
She pounded the table. Vivian’s head hung, hiding half her face in the shadow.
“Yes,” she mumbled, seemingly in a trance.
“Who gave you the orders?” Natalie asked, fully invested now.
Her efforts were paying off.
No response came from Vivian.
Either she didn’t hear it or didn’t desire to speak at all.
“Vivian! Speak up!”
Natalie got up, about to walk over to Vivian when the door suddenly opened.
“Mrs.Larson, will you excuse me?” the woman sad in a dignified voice.
Pushing past Natalie, she made her way to Vivian and slapped her in the face.
Both Natalie and Vivian were stunned.
It was Catherine.
Surprise was written all over Vivian’s face.
She looked at Natalie helplessly.
“Why is my mother here? You told them, didn’t you? You vicious bitch!”
“I didn’t…”
Natalie was as clueless as Vivian.
What was going on? Just then, a calm and elegant voice registered from the door.It was Johanna!
“I’m the one who informed the Tumers.How dare you call my daughter a bitch? I’ll cut off your tongue!”
The discontented look on her face made Johanna’s aura more imposing.She walked inside, like a tigress ready to pounce on an enemy.
No wonder she once managed to dominate the business world at Barnes.
Natalie wasn’t expecting to see her mother here.She felt embarrassed and helpless all at once.
“Mom, you didn’t have to get involved in this.Didn’t I say that I would handle it myself?”
“I’m just worried about you.”
Johanna held her daughter’s arm, shielding her away with her body.Her eyes then zeroed in on Vivian, sharp and taunting.
“I won’t allow anyone to hurt my daughter.Vivian, I hope you know you went against one of the oldest families in Barnes and not just Natalie.”
“You…”
Vivian’s teeth dug into her lip.She swallowed back the words she wanted to say.
Natalie and Johanna looked so intimate it made her stomach churn.
A rush of emotions mixed inside her, one of them being jealousy.
“Mom? How dare you call me mom? Hearing you call me that made me sick!”
Anger took over Catherine, overshadowing her usual elegance.She felt exploited by Vivian and it intensified the anger and remorse that was filling her chest.
“You could have had a loving family.Luke and I had treated you like our own blood.Yet, you fooled us.And I wouldn’t have known any of it if not for Johanna.You kept us in the dark this whole time!”
Natalie and Johanna looked so intimate it made her stomach churn.
Catherine’s face darkened.
A few days ago, Johanna had come to her while she was on vacation with Luke.
Just recently, Luke’s favorite chef opened his own restaurant in Mexico.
He invited Luke and Catherine to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
“The last time we had his food was when we were engaged,” Catherine said with a sigh.
She could not help but reminisce about the past as it felt like many years had passed in the blink of an eye.
Catherine’s marriage to Luke was a union arranged by their families.
At first, she barely had any feelings for him due to his reputation as a womanizer.
Things changed after the loss of their beloved daughter, and Luke became a husband every woman dreamt of. He not only cut off contact with his previous flings but also went home on time every day to care for his wife.
At this moment, Luke opened the bottle and poured the wine into the decanter.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.
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