Chapter 25

After her shower, Julia slipped into fresh clothes. Briony and Stella whisked her off to a salon next.

Julia's hair had been chopped short during her time in prison, and five years later, streaks of gray had crept in. Briony asked the stylist to dye the grays black and give Julia a gentle trim, shaping her hair into something softer, more hopeful.

When they left the salon, Julia felt as if she'd been reborn.

Briony had reserved a private dining room for lunch. Just before noon, the trio arrived at The Regal Waters Hotel.

Their room was on the third floor. A waiter led the way.

As they turned a corner, a group approached from the opposite direction. At the front was an elegant older woman, her bearing regal and unmistakable. By her side walked a young man whose sharp features bore a striking resemblance to Briony.

Briony frowned. Of all places... She never imagined they'd run into the Kensingtons here.

When Julia saw them, her face drained of color and she froze mid-step.

Stella was dumbstruck too. Was the world really this small?

Ms. Hudson's first day out of prison, and she already bumped into these people!

"Unbelievable," Stella muttered under her breath. "Julia, when we get home, you're walking through the fireplace again for luck!"

the

in another direction,

her cane against the marble floor, her voice ringing out. "Mack, isn't that the wretched

seethed. "So I can't even have

clan behind her chimed in, equally

look at her! Five years in prison and she

back then, she would've been

away just because you spent five years behind bars,

Mack spat, stalking toward them, "I'll

Mack's approach, knowing he meant trouble. She stepped in front of Julia, shielding

is your mother," Briony said, locking eyes with him, her tone steely. "Touch her, and you'll

a mother hen guarding her chick.

ran through

uncontrollably. Mack looked so much like his father -especially now, with

mind. She clung to Briony's hand,

felt her mother's panic and murmured, "It's okay, Mom. I'm right here." Just then, a waiter

a twisted smile. “Let's see how you protect

warning, he snatched up the

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