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Natalie's face darkened when her father told her to go in. After a moment, she took her children's hands and said to
Shane, “Wait here. I'll come out after I speak to him.”
“Okay,” the man said with a nod.
She brought her children in. As she walked past Susan, she deliberately knocked the woman with her shoulder.
The latter's back hit the wall, and she cried out in pain at the impact.
“Nat,” Harrison called as he tried to sit up. There was an endearing look on his face as he glanced at his daughter
and her children.
The kids were adorable as they stared at him with their huge doe eyes. Anyone would melt at the sight of them.
Harrison was feeling exactly that currently. He wanted to reach out to hug them but had no energy for it. So he
said, “Put the kids on my bed, Nat.”
“No. They can just stand,” Natalie refused as she held the children's hands.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShe saw the look in his eyes after all.
His face darkened a little at her rejection. “They'll get tired. Just let them sit on the bed,” he said.
“There's no need. We're just here to see if you're dead after hearing that you collapsed. We'll leave in a while, so
there's no need for them to sit,” Natalie said coldly.
Harrison understood perfectly well that she just didn't want him to touch her children. Though there was a hint of
anger in him, he was mostly feeling helpless. “I'm sure you can see how I am now, Nat. I don't have much longer to
live.”
“So what?” she asked indifferently.
At that, a bitter smile surfaced on his face. “I'm already dying. Aren't you going to forgive me? I know that I've done
things that have let you guys down, but I'm still your father. No matter how much hate you felt for me, it should
have been gone now, shouldn't it?”
“That's not possible.” Taking in a deep breath, Natalie continued icily, “It's just like if you were to stab me with a
knife. It's going to leave a scar on me that will never go away. Whatever hurt I felt will never go away just because
you're dying. I will never forgive you for it.”
“You—” Harrison heaved a sigh and clutched his chest sorrowfully, “Are you really going to be so cruel?”
“I'm cruel?” Natalie laughed. “Aren't you the cruel one?”
She looked at Harrison before adding, “Who was the one who cheated on my mom with Susan and had Jasmine
before she was even pregnant with me? Who was the one who divorced my mom and chased us out of their
house? Who was the one who didn't want to pay for Jared's surgery five years ago and avoided meeting us? Tell
me, Harrison. Who's the cruel one here?”
“I...” The man was rendered speechless. He was at a loss for words and felt utterly embarrassed.
Indeed, he had done all of the things Natalie had mentioned.
“Mommy...” Sensing that their mother was getting emotional, the children quickly grabbed a thigh of hers each.
Natalie looked down at them and patted their heads. “It's okay. Don't worry. Mommy's fine.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Okay.” The two nodded in unison.
Harrison glanced at them before saying, “I admit that I wasn't a good father, Nat. But I've learned my mistakes
now. I don't have much time left, so—”
“That's enough. Don't play the relative card on me to get me to forgive you either. I clearly said earlier that I'm not
going to forgive you. It was already hard enough for me to come to see you today,” she interrupted while holding
up a hand.
Her father sighed at the sight of her being so insistent. “All right. Even if you don't forgive me, what about the kids?”
“What?” Natalie narrowed her eyes.
He's got something planned for the kids as well?
“Even if you don't forgive me, they're still my grandchildren.”
“What? You acknowledge them as your family?” she asked, scrutinizing the bed-ridden man.
Harrison nodded at that. “Yes. I want to leave all my assets to them.”
Although he had planned to leave his assets to Donald previously, that was when he was healthy. He thought that
he could live for a long time, so Donald could take care of him using the assets.
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