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, Pearl caught a whiff of something unpleasant in the air. Maybe she was imagining it, but the stench seemed to grow

flashed across Pearl's face. She couldn't help herself. "Didn't

I'm sorry, honey, I didn't mean to. Let me clean up-"

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

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

things to go

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

Prescott had stopped loving her, only to learn that Isadora had kicked both Prescott and Richard out. Now he was broke

of any ordinary person. No more spa days, no shopping sprees, no fine dining.

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

riverbank, beneath a highway

Pearl got out first.

to go. She'd hoped Pearl would take her somewhere for a hot meal, maybe even arrange a place for her to

Pearl had brought her

And Pearl coming to see her was luck

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