Chapter 179 Natalie Slaps Diana And Selena Selena gritted her teeth and locked her gaze fiercely onto Natalie. "I've already apologized. What now? Does the Walker family plan to keep us here by force?" Charlotte opened her mouth, ready to retort, but Natalie raised a hand to stop her. "Mom, lethandle this." Charlotte froze for a moment, then her eyes turned red. Her daughter had called her "Mom". She felt overwhelming joy, excitement, and a desire to laugh aloud in celebration.
But she held it in. This was not the tto lose control of her emotions.
"Alright, Nat. No matter what you want to do or plan to do, your father, brothers, and I will always support you. We'll always be your strongest support and greatest confidence." Natalie nodded slightly. She had always relied on herself as her strongest pillar, but she saw no reason to correct Charlotte at this moment. She understood and trusted Charlotte's love for her.
Natalie stepped forward until she stood directly before Selena. "Selena, have you ever heard this saying?" "What saying?" "Wretches are always good at twisting the truth." "Who are you calling a wretch?" Selena hissed, her glare filled with hatred. If looks could kill, Natalie would have been torn to shreds already.
"I'm calling you a wretch. Selena, You're nothing but a wretch." Natalie's lips curled slightly. And I don't call you that because of your past experiences. I call you that because you constantly blyour misfortunes on me. "Do you think your words make any sense at all? In the Langley family, I was treated as nothing more than a blood bank. Diana beat and scoldedwhenever she pleased, and Grace manipulated and controlled me.
"When your family lost their biological daughter, they didn't even try to look for her. Instead, they took out their anger on me. What did I do wrong?" Natalie turned her icy gaze to Diana and raised her hand without hesitation. The loud smack reverberated in the hall.
"This slap is for all the times you hitas a child." Diana's head was turned to the side from the slap, and before she could react. Natalie swung her hand back and delivered another fierce slap.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"This slap is for starvingafter taking my blood, leavingto faint from hunger.
"This slap is for beatingand leaving scars all over my body after I wore a formal dress.
"This slap is for lockingin the basement when I was 12.
"These three slaps are for arranging for three men to assaultwhen I was 15.
"These three slaps are for forcingto pay for Mrs. Langley's medical expenses alone.
"Mrs. Langley Senior may have saved me, but I now suspect that her car accident was orchestrated by your family. Diana, you'd better pray that Mrs. Langley's accident was truly an accident." With each slap, Natalie listed another instance of Diana's abuse.
Diana's head snapped side to side under the blows, her face swelling like a balloon. As Natalie's accusations continued to pour out, Diana grew increasingly terrified. She knew all too well how cruel she had been to Natalie.
In that moment, she didn't even dare to say that she was her mother.
Meanwhile, the Walker family's faces turned red with fury as they listened to Natalie recount her suffering.
Natalie's relentless slaps had turned Diana's face into a swollen mess.
"Diana, why was your daughter's disappearance my fault?" Natalie's voice was cold as ice, her eyes brimming with undisguised hatred as she stared at her.
"You knew from the start that I wasn't your daughter. You could have sentto an orphanage. Instead, you pretended to be my mother and used it as an excuse to abuse me." Because of Diana's cruelty, Natalie had never dared to hope for familial love or trust anyone who claimed to be family. After all, how could a child unloved by her own parents expect to be loved by anyone else? "And you, Selena," Natalie said, turning to her. She raised her hand and delivered a hard slap.
"This slap is for falsely accusingof stealing your engagement ring when you first returned to the Langley family." Natalie slapped her a few more times, listing Selena's transgressions with each slap.
"This slap is for saying I slept with Tyler.
"This slap is for callingpromiscuous and shameless.
"This slap is for spreading lies aboutin front of other men.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"This slap is for bullyingat Quinton Hospital." She had refrained from retaliating in the past because she believed Grace's affection for her was genuine. But she had learned that affection was nothing more than poison wrapped in sugar. Revenge was long overdue. Natalie's cold smile deepened, her delicate features shrouded in frost. "Selena, did you really think I would let you walk away with a simple apology?" "Ms. Walker, I was wrong." Before Selena could respond, Diana dropped to her knees with a loud thud, kneeling before Natalie.
"Ms. Walker, it was wrong ofto mistreat you in the past. But you've already hitand scolded me. Please spare my daughter!"
Diana prostrated, reaching out to grab the hem of Natalie's dressm Charlotte stormed over, grabbed Diana by the hair, and slapped her hard across the face several times.
When she was done, Charlotte ground her high heel into Diana's face. "You vile woman Is this how you abused my daughter? The Langley family is nothing but a family of scoundrels!" Furious beyond words, Charlotte turned to the crowd and commanded, "Anyone who joins in will be richly rewarded afterward." The onlookers, quick-witted as ever, understood what she wanted them to do immediately. They rushed forward, raining punches and kicks on Diana and Selena.
"Don't kill them," Charlotte said coldly as she pulled Natalie aside.
"Hector," she called.
"Yes, Mom," Hector responded, bringing over a medical kit.
"Nat, let others handle things like this in the future. Don't hurt your hands," he said gently as he began applying medicine to Natalie's reddened palms.
Natalie had slapped Diana and Selena numerous times, each blow carrying significant force. Her palms were bright red and slightly swollen.
Mason, his eyes red, held Natalie's other hand and blew on it gently. "Does it hurt, Nat?"
Natalie looked at the concern in her family's eyes. They cared only about whether her hands Kult after hitting her hands someone, whereas the Langley family would have scolded her for disgracing them. The difference between love and indifference was glaringly clear.