Reborn From Oblivion by Christia Muray

Chapter 201

Nathalie left the police station and made a point to visit Patrick. The small window between them might as well

have been an ocean or a mountain, separating father and daughter. For reasons he couldn't quite grasp, Patrick

didn't hurl insults at Nathalie like he used to. Instead, he just gazed at her, his mind a swirling mess.

"I know | favored your sister in the past and did things that hurt you. | said things | shouldn't have. But Nellie, I'm

still your dad. The way you spoke abouttoday just was not right."

His face softened with a hint of nostalgia. "You used to be so innocent and sweet. Now you're smart, but you've

turned so bitter. You've letdown."

Nathalie's voice was flat as she replied, "Why do you think I've turned out this way? Isn't it because of what

you've done to me?"

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Patrick's face went pale.

Nathalie continued relentlessly, "You only broughtinto this world to use my umbilical cord blood for Greta's

illness. Once she was better, you tossedaside like sworn-out shoe, leavingin a dirty, poor slum. If it

weren't for Greta getting kidney disease, would you have even bothered to pretend to care?"

"The naive version ofwas your puppet, willingly donating a kidney to Greta and saving her life once more. |

should be your daughter's lifesaver twice over. But what did you do? You let her take my husband, wreck my

family. And you? You never gavea dime, yet you had the nerve to guilt-tripwith fatherly love. How do

you expectto give selflessly?"

Nathalie's emotions boiled over as she spoke, tears finally brimming in her eyes. "Greta treats her pet better

than you treat me. I'm your daughter, yet how am | worse off than a pet?"

Nathalie laughed suddenly, a laugh filled with bitter irony. "You gavelife but never taughtlove or respect.

And you expectto love and respect you?"

Patrick buried his face in his hands, realizing for the first tthe depth of Nellie's pain, all of it inflicted by those

she should have been able to trust the most.

Maybe he felt a twinge of regret, but old habits die hard. Tears streamed down his face as he pleaded, "Nel, I'm

sorry for everything. | want to make it up to you. But right now, you have to clear my name. Your sister's still in

the hospital, and | need to be with her..."

Nathalie, who had seemed so composed, felt her inner fortress crumble. Her eyes reddened as she murmured,

"You're just like him, always promising to make things right. But every tGreta cries, | lose everything. So, I've

stopped expecting anything from you. The love | want is one-of-a-kind. Your love is too cheap, and | don't want |

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Nathalie gave Patrick one last look, her gaze carrying a dark, destructive energy. Her voice was like a

haunting whisper from the depths "In my next life, | wish to be a tree, a river a mountain-anything but human.

Being human is just too exhausting, too painful."

Patrick sobbed, "I'm sorry, Nel. | apologize. | made a mistake. Please forgive me."

Nathalie stood firm. "Dad, just stay here and think about what you've done. When you truly understand your

mistakes, then maybe I'll cback for you." Patrick finally realized his reckless actions today had backfired,

giving Nathalie the perfect opportunity for revenge.

He becdesperate. "Nellie, your sister needs me. | have to be with her. Nellie, you can't be so cruel. You know

I'm innocent..."