Victoria tried to argue, "But... but my condition was cured because Marie found someone to treat me. It had nothing to do with Natalie."
Kate pointed at her furiously. "How dare you say that? Then why were you just surrounding us, demanding my daughter give you another prescription? It's because the other medicine isn't working. Your condition is getting worse, so now you want my daughter to treat you, but you're too proud to admit it. That's why you tried to be forceful. And you still have the nerve to say my daughter didn't cure you? People like you deserve to be paralyzed!"
The Cross family relatives erupted in anger.
"They should be struck from the family records!"
"Yes, disown them!"
Just then, someone produced a long pole from somewhere and knocked the *A Legacy of Honor* plaque from above the villa's entrance.
The plaque hit the ground and broke in two.
The patriarch announced loudly, "The plaque has fallen! From this day forward, this branch is no longer part of the Cross family. You are on your own now!"
With that, the patriarch led all the Cross relatives away. It was a deeply satisfying sight.
Mrs. Lockwood and Kate exchanged a look of mutual satisfaction.
With the plaque shattered and the relatives' cries of "disown them" ringing in her ears, the shock was too much for Victoria. Her face drooped, her eyes rolled back, and her body began to twitch uncontrollably.
"You... you... you people, how could you? Come... back!"

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