Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

January 15th on the old calendar-Briony's mother, Julia Hudson, was finally coming home.

Stella had taken the day off to go with Briony to pick up Julia.

The weather forecast had been spot on: the day was glorious, clear and bright.

Sunlight broke through the thick winter clouds and spilled across the ground, turning the snow into a dazzling sea of diamonds.

Outside the gates of Northborough's women's prison, Briony stood wrapped in a cream-colored wool coat. She looked delicate, her long, silky hair swaying gently in the wind.

"Star, what time is it?" Briony's eyes were fixed on the towering brick walls ahead, her tightly clasped hands betraying her nerves.

Stella gave her shoulder a reassuring squeeze. "It's only eight-thirty. She'll be out soon. Try not to worry."

As the words left her lips, the heavy iron gate rattled.

A smaller side door swung open.

Briony's eyelashes fluttered. She broke into a run.

"Mom!"

Julia paused in surprise when she saw her, but her face quickly broke into a smile. "Bryn, you're here."

care of yourself and start fresh," the young guard said kindly, then turned and

clanged

over Julia's

nodded, then glanced at Stella. She stared for a moment before recognition dawned. "Star, is that

me! Bryn and I came to bring you

hand, holding on tight. "You're a good girl. I don't know what Bryn would've done without you all these years.

Don't feel bad. Let's get you home first. Bryn bought a new place and decorated it herself. It's cozy and beautiful;

hers, Stella's in the other. When she smiled, the lines at the corners of her eyes

Dolphin Cove.

the top floor, and the doors slid

lit the fireplace, positioning it right by the entrance.

tears as she nodded

the threshold into the home she'd so lovingly prepared. In that moment, emotion overwhelmed her; tears spilled

quickly wiping her face with the back of

mother out of that cold, unforgiving place, back into a home that was truly

No Hudsons. Just

new apartment, showing

bed-Briony had picked them out herself. Stella handed them to Julia with a

take a shower and change into something fresh?

held them in her hands, fingers

more than a whisper. "Bryn has suffered so much because of

gently rubbed her back. "Julia, now that you're home,

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