Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 277

Chapter 279

The iron gates of the prison slid open from both sides.

Carla stepped out, her clothes threadbare, her face pale and drawn. Clutched in her hand was a canvas bag so worn it looked like it might fall apart at any

moment.

Not far away, a car waited, its horn blaring impatiently.

A moment later, Pearl Vaughan pulled the car up right in front of her, lowered the window, and barked, "Get in."

Carla's eyes, dull with exhaustion, flickered with a brief spark when she recognized Pearl.

She rubbed her hands together nervously, then carefully opened the car door and climbed inside.

"Pearl, what are you doing here?"

in the air. Maybe she was imagining it,

across Pearl's face. She couldn't help herself. "Didn't they let you shower

"I did shower. I'm sorry, honey, I didn't mean to. Let me clean up-" She started rummaging through her battered bag for

her off with an exasperated sigh. "Forget it. Just stay

Isadora, she would never have come to pick her up. The very idea

expecting things to go as they always had.

in her life. It wasn't even enough to cover her gas

only to learn that Isadora had kicked both Prescott and Richard out.

life had become indistinguishable from that of any ordinary person. No more spa days, no shopping sprees, no fine dining. She felt like

Isadora were out of the picture, Richard and Prescott could regain control of

riverbank, beneath a highway

Pearl got out first.

penniless and with nowhere to go. She'd hoped Pearl would take

had

out was enough. And Pearl coming

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