"My child, listen to me. You are my daughter. The year I gave birth to you, your father found out you were a girl and started cursing, calling you a worthless burden. He even said he was going to sell you.
...All these years, I've thought about you constantly. But when I see the suffering Natalie has endured in our home, being beaten and cursed by Martin Doyle, and then I think of you growing up happy and loved in another family, I feel like I did the right thing."
Kate Verdan was stunned. Listening to that segment alone, it was true that Marie's name wasn't mentioned!
But she had jumped out to defend Marie, wasn't that a dead giveaway?
She had been too hasty.
"With the history between you and Miss Ward, anyone would assume the recording was about the two of you being switched. As your mother, I just don't want to see you telling lies and ruining someone else's life."
Natalie acted as if she hadn't heard, instead looking at the shattered recorder on the floor. "Mom, you've always been so frugal. Why would you smash my recorder? It was quite expensive."
"I'm sorry, I wasn't careful. I'll buy you a new one. Let's go now."
Kate started to lead Natalie away, but Natalie pretended to just notice her uniform.
"Mom, why are you wearing a hotel staff uniform? Are you working at this hotel? Why didn't I know?"
Kate had wanted to watch Marie inherit the presidency of the Ward Group from a distance, so she had managed to get into the hotel by offering to work for free. She never expected to see Natalie show up with a recording, revealing what she had said that day. It had shattered her composure, forcing her onto the stage.

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