Life After Prison Novel by Silencieux

Chapter 34

Severin smiled and clinked gla*ses with them before drinking his gla*s of red wine.

The Shanahans had just returned home by then. As soon as they got out of the car, Catherine asked Felicia, “Just how much do you know about Severin? How could he rub shoulders with someone like Henry? Henry was being so respectful to him too, and judging from that attitude, he probably holds Severin in very high regard!”

Felicia suddenly smiled awkwardly. “We have no idea either. Diane refused to tell anyone who Selene’s father was, and we didn’t even know that he was the same person who offended Easton five

years ago. It was only today that we found out that Selene’s father is an ex-convict!”

The old lady frowned, looked at Felicia and William. “You’re well aware that the rules are always used against those who are powerless. Since Severin was imprisoned back then, we can be sure that he used to be an ordinary person with neither money nor power. However, having Henry’s protection right now means that there is more to Severin than it appears on the surface. There must be something special about him!”

to imply something, so he asked,

and her family move back here. What are three

immediately sought to confirm what Catherine just said.” Do I understand you correctly, Mom? Are we letting bygones be bygones? Does this mean you’re

lady’s face sank. “Have I not made myself clear

that, Grandma?” Diane’s elder cousin brother, Stanley, immediately expressed his unhappiness when the old lady offered to have Diane’s family move back. “Diane brought shame to the Shanahans. and her one-night stand is an ex-convict. Won’t it be a slap in our faces if we just let them move back here? You said it yourself back then that she will forever be barred from stepping

said that in a moment of anger to persuade her into getting an abortion. Her child has grown older, and that incident was all in the past. As much as I don’t want us to face all that shame, the fact is that we already have. What am I supposed to do? Shove the child back into the mother’s womb? Severin might be more capable than we think. We’ll let them move back with us, and then bit

his daughter dearly too, but he did not dare to go against his mother’s decision to drive Diane out. That, coupled with Felicia’s temper, deterred him from visiting Diane and Selene. Even so, he did visit them secretly a few times in private

happy to hear that his mother was planning to welcome Diane’s family

in the past few years, and I’m sure she knows

be with Severin!” At that point, she stepped forward and persuaded the old lady, “Edward’s side contacted us again. him. and said that he’d give us a dowry of one-and-a-half-million dollars if Diane is willing to