She pulled Natalie up. "Natalie, don't cry. I'll take you there. Stop crying."
Yvonne walked to the door of the ward and asked Benjamin to arrange for a car to send them there.
Benjamin was a little reluctant. "Miss Simpson, this might not be a good idea."
He was also afraid that if Natalie went there, she would get even sadder. When the time came, she would not be able to stand it at all.
Yvonne gritted her teeth and said, "Natalie won't give up unless she sees it with her own eyes. Perhaps it might be better for her to reach the peak of her pain before she can move on. Please arrange for a car."
Benjamin had no choice but to agree.
After a while, Benjamin drove Yvonne and Natalie to the seaside.
Natalie and Yvonne sat in the backseat.
Along the way, Yvonne held onto Natalie's hand tightly.
Natalie kept looking out of the window.
At first, she was silent. Then, she started talking.
"Yvonne, this is how I came here that day. I came in a car with my father," Natalie said slowly.
Yvonne did not know how to reply, so she could only remain silent and tighten her grip on Natalie's hand.
Natalie's hands were very cold, as if she had just come out of a freezer.
Natalie did not stop talking even in the face of Yvonne's silence. She continued to speak slowly.
"My father said that he wanted to see the sea and asked me to take him there."
"Actually, when I got on the car, I felt that there was something wrong with the driver, but I didn't think too much about it."
"If I had gotten out of the car at the time, would these things have happened?"
"And my father's emotions were unstable during that period of time. He even asked me about Queenie. If I could have talked to him properly and let him tell me everything, would I still have been fooled by Queenie?"
At these words, she suddenly looked away from the window.
She fixed her gaze on Yvonne's face. "Yvonne, I'm so stupid, aren't I?"
Yvonne forced a smile. "No, of course not."
Natalie nodded seriously. "Yvonne, I'm honestly too stupid. Otherwise, how could I have fallen into Queenie's trap? Otherwise, how could I have gotten Tobias involved? I'm just a huge idiot."
After that, she was suddenly gave herself a tight slap in the face without any warning. "I'm really stupid. I got myself and Tobias into trouble."
Shocked, Yvonne grabbed Natalie's other hand. "Natalie, stop blaming yourself. It's impossible to predict everything, and there's no use in blaming yourself like this."
Benjamin, who was driving, couldn't help but say, "Miss Godfrey, if Mr. Whitlock knew that you were scolding and hitting yourself like this, he would not be happy either."
Just as Benjamin finished speaking, Natalie's whole body quivered.
After a while, she mumbled, "You're right, he wouldn't be happy. I can't do anything to upset him."
After that, Natalie fell silent. She didn't speak anymore.
Yvonne finally let out a sigh of relief.
Soon, the car arrived at the beach.
There was already police tape surrounding the area, and there was an armed policeman guarding it.
At first, the armed policeman was very tough and did not allow them to enter. It was not until Benjamin made a call that his attitude changed completely.
He said apprehensively, "Are you sure you've thought this through? It's extremely dangerous in there, and we don't even know whether there are remaining explosives. If it's detonated, things could turn deadly."
Natalie did not hesitate at all. "I want to go in, I have to go in."
The policeman couldn't help trying to talk her out of it. "Miss, I think you should give it more thought. Life and death isn't a laughing matter."
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