Chapter 15

By the time Natalie saw the news about the Shaw family and Moore Group going bankrupt, a full week had already passed. TVs were scarce in Middleton, and the internet was mostly down. From the moment she stepped off the plane, she'd been completely cut off from the outside world. So when the clunky old TV flickered to life, and a painfully familiar face appeared, her heart jolted. When she first learned that the flight she was supposed to be on had crashed, she had been overwhelmed with relief. Fortunately, she'd missed the flight while trying to evade the bodyguards who were escorting her to prison. From that moment on, she decided to see Donfield as a place of rebirth. She forced herself to let go of the past. She refused to think about how her parents might react or what Lucas and Nelson would feel. But now, none of it made sense to her. Weren't Lucas and Nelson trying to humiliate her? Didn't Benedict and Sapphire despise her? Then why was it that the moment she disappeared, t