OLIVIAI sat in the dark jail cell, thinking about my baby and how he was going to survive in a place like this. I didn’t care about myself—they could keep me there for as long as they wanted—but my baby didn’t deserve this. He didn’t deserve to be born in a jail or suffer for my sins.It was only t
OLIVIANINE MONTHS LATERPrison had been hard, not just because I was pregnant but because of how I was treated. But I was grateful for one thing—Ethan kept his word. The guard he’d bribed continued to bring me vitamins and took care of me as promised.But when he wasn’t around, the others would con
NICKTwo years have passed since that woman humiliated me, since I found out she stole millions from me. How could I have been so stupid and blind? When Sandra told me that Olivia had a hand in what happened to my mother all those years ago—how they met, how Olivia “just happened” to save her from
NICKMy parents left and Sandra came out from the kitchen. She was crying and I didn’t like it. I didn’t know why my parents would be so cruel to her, she was not the one who did all those things to me. she was the one who saved me from a bad situation and showed me the kind of wife I had.I didn’t
OLIVIAPrison became hell for me after I gave birth. The policeman who helped me before, transferred two days later. I think he was so traumatized by what he saw that he didn’t want to be anywhere near me after. I had an infection after giving birth, but I didn’t know that it was an infection. I tho
OLIVIAI felt numb as I sat in that car, “Take me to her grave, I want to see it.” I wanted to tell her how sorry I was for not being there for her, for not being able to take care of her like she did with me when my parents died. I wanted to apologise to her for causing her death. “We don’t know it
OLIVIAI wished he did. I didn’t even know why he didn’t come to the prison to serve me with those divorce papers. I waited for him to come; I was ready. Why didn’t he do it? “No, but I want to divorce him, you can tell him to bring the divorce papers and I will sign them.”I wanted nothing to do wi
NICKI didn’t go home after seeing her, I went straight to the bar and started drinking. I couldn’t get her image out of my head. She looked so…so frail. Why did she look like that, was prison that bad for her? “Give me another.” I ordered to the lady that was serving me.She walked away but instead
LUKEI knew the pain, the anger, the frustration Nick was feeling all too well. It was a pain that echoed deep within me, a shadow I had carried for years. I had felt the same fury when I discovered that my father had sent people to torture Olivia while she was locked away in that hellhole of a pris
LUKEFrom the moment Nick grabbed the toolbox, something felt off. I couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t right about it, or about him. The way he handled it, the way he avoided making eye contact with me, it was all too strange. His behaviour was erratic, and I knew he was hiding someth
NICKI thought I could wait. I thought I could keep my anger in check, let my thirst for revenge simmer beneath the surface until we found all of Xander's men. But that phone call with Olivia had shattered whatever thin restraint I had managed to hold onto. How was I supposed to stay composed, to fe
I wanted to believe him. I wanted to believe that this nightmare would end soon, that my family would be safe again. And in that moment, I allowed myself to hope for just a second. Because if I didn’t have hope, what did I have left?I glanced over at Samuel, curled up on the couch, his small body t
OLIVIAI couldn’t stand what was happening. My son, poor Samuel, was trying to sleep, but every time he would drift off, his small body would tense, and then he would wake up crying, his little chest heaving with fear. He was traumatized.I could see it in his eyes. He hadn’t done anything to deserv
NICKWhen I heard the news of the shootout at the house, my insides ran cold. I rushed out of the room and headed to where we kept Xander. I didn’t ask question when I got there. I woke him up with a kick on the ribs. He groaned in pained and his eyes flew open. Then I gave him a rain of punches unt
I had no choice now. The call had to be made, and I would be the one to make it. There was no turning back. The weight of the decision pressed down on me, but I didn’t hesitate. This was part of the job now, the hard part. And if I was going to carry the weight of this family, this operation, then I
ELODIE“How the hell did Luke train you? you are all such morons! How could you let them slip through your fingers like that, are you blind?” I was livid, they were supposed to be the best and yet I felt like I was dealing with armatures! When father was still alive, men like these died every day. T
And then, just when I thought I was losing my mind, I heard a voice. It came from behind me, faint but clear, cutting through the chaos.“Mam! We are here.”I whipped around, my heart leaping into my throat. There, partially hidden behind a large flowerpot near the entrance, I saw the guard, James.