Chapter 61 Her Cousin

Natalie’s POV

I felt like I had difficulty understanding right now.

With a frown, I stammered, “Wh... What do you mean?”

He smiled patiently and replied apologetically, “I’m sorry, Natalie. I should have told you earlier.”

“My father is alive? Where is he? Where does he live?” Questions flooded my mind like a rushing river, as I knew nothing about him. Mum never mentioned him, and on the rare occasions she did, it was only after I insisted and cried for her to tell me. All she would say was that he wasn’t a good man, not someone I should be proud to know, and that he didn’t deserve me. He didn’t even know I existed!

“Yes, he is. But he’s living in an addiction treatment clinic. He married once after your mother left him, but his second wife dumped him for the same reason—his addiction,” he mumbled, sadness all over his face.

I opened my mouth slightly, trying to digest the heavy information I had just learned.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Maya patting Daniel’s shoulder, as if she w