"I admit, some of the medicinal meals she made were quite nourishing. They made me feel comfortable. But now that she's divorced my son, she's tampered with my prescription out of revenge, making it completely ineffective."
Everett Kingsley said angrily, "You reduce her treatment to simply 'making meals.' I didn't think it was possible, but you're even more shameless than I am."
"You…"
"Victoria," Natalie said calmly, "I would not tarnish my medical principles for someone like you."
Even if Natalie wanted revenge, she would never stoop to tampering with medicine. She had a code of ethics and wouldn't compromise it because of her.
"Of course you'd say that, you vicious woman."
Just then, Darren arrived. He had been following their car and saw them enter the Silverleaf Apothecary.
"Natalie, if you didn't tamper with the prescription, you should explain it nicely to Mom instead of using this tone. She's your elder."
An elder to her?
Lucas spoke up first. "She's *your* mom. Natalie is divorced. How can you be so thick-skinned?"
*That's right. Natalie has divorced you,*
Liana signed, sticking her tongue out at them.
Natalie looked at Darren scornfully. "Even a five-year-old understands this. Surely you're not that dense, Darren. You and I are divorced. Your mother is no elder of mine."
Darren was enraged to see that wherever Natalie went, Terence Lockwood was there too.
"Natalie, if there's nothing wrong with the prescription you gave Mom, why is it no longer working? Her tremors are getting worse, her limbs are stiffer, and she's losing control."
"I left the prescription and the herbs, and I even wrote down the brewing instructions. But whether the person preparing it followed the steps, I can't say."
"Marie brewed that medicine herself!" Victoria interjected. "I'm sure she followed your instructions perfectly. She's a very dutiful daughter-in-law and is very concerned about my health. It must be you who left something out of the prescription."
Victoria then took out her copy of the prescription, ready for a confrontation.
"Bring out your copy," she demanded of Everett. "I want to see if it's the same as the old ones she gave me."

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The readers' comments on the novel: Caught Him Cheating My Life Restarted (Natalie)
Time for Marie to get her end, this has gone on way too long, time to move on. It’s getting boring....
Payback time. Waiting for chapters 321 onwards!...
I love the sarcastic comebacks. Quite amusing!...