"I know! Of course I know what's at stake. I'm already trying to figure something out. Can you just be quiet for a minute?"
"Yelling at me won't solve anything! If you have the guts, go yell at Natalie! It's all that bitch's fault! If she hadn't gotten involved with Terence, would he have stepped in to ruin your wedding? Would he have sent Marie to jail? The Cross family is in this mess, backed into a corner, all because of Natalie. She's a jinx! I never should have let her into our home!"
"That's enough! Stop talking."
Hearing his mother slander Natalie still made Darren's chest tighten.
Just then, Hanley cautiously approached them.
"Daddy, is Auntie really going to jail?"
Darren knelt down to his son's level. "Hanley, this is grown-up stuff. You're a kid; you don't need to worry about it."
"But Daddy, I heard Grandma say that Auntie will go to jail. And that our family will lose the Ward family's help and go bankrupt."
"That won't happen. Don't worry, Daddy will fix everything."
"Daddy, if I were a little older, I could help you."
Hanley knew that the Cross family was in a difficult position.
At that moment, Victoria looked at Hanley, an idea forming in her mind.
"That's just what your mommy said to frame her. She knows your auntie's parents are rich and powerful. If your auntie were accused of any other traffic accident, they would do everything in their power to get her out. But if she's accused of being involved in her brother's accident, her parents will stand by and do nothing! That's how vicious your mother is!"
Hanley was stunned. His mind was a mess. Was what his grandma said true?
Did his mommy really set up his auntie, trying to get her killed?
Darren was furious and deeply agitated.
So this was how his mother and Marie operated. No matter what happened, they could always find a way to pin it on Natalie. It was clearly Marie who had harmed her brother for the Ward family's fortune, yet somehow, that was Natalie's fault too.
He could only imagine the kind of misery Natalie must have endured over the past five years.

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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!...