After Switching Husbands, I Took Back What Was Mine

of feeling. "Prisoner 077, your sente

shall's lips. Those exact words ha

t seen in so long. Sunlight poured down on her, wrap

The air felt different. B

e day she first stepped into prison. Every moment since then

rough the quiet, and dust rose in

with impatience. "Why are you still standing there? Get in the car. I

g laugh rose in

arshall, had taken a life while driving under the influence of alcohol. To protect Iris

ude had changed. But Eliana had. The woman who once

nt she lived would be used to

Inside, disposable covers lined the back sea

l," Phyllis said from the front, covering h

ed her eyes and leaned back, shutting everything out. Ph

the lack of reaction, but she held it in. T

reaming down her face, and pulled the back door open. "Eliana, you're finally home. I'm so so

tched hand and stepped out of the

t, mocking smile forming. "What, by

me excuse, calling it compensation while pushing her further into ruin. They drained everyth

Eliana turned. Her eyes locked on

h Phyllis and Eliana's father, John Marshall,

"Eliana, I know I'm the one at fault. It's all because of me. Ever since you went to prison, Phyllis and John haven't slept properly. They cry every night. I even

tended. A look of sympathy fil

. Just because she's our biological daughter, she t

her. The woman who used to stay silent and endure every

rced herself back into tears. "Eliana, go ahead and hit me, yell at me, do whatever you w

ng both helplessness and w

e been the moment. Phyllis and John would

s been how thi

time, i

na answered wit

John in an instant. In the next moment, her hand had already caught Iris by the hair. With

gers slightly, as if shaking off the sting, while

a said coldly. "I'd hate to i

let out a quiet, chilling

is collapsed fully onto the grou

to react. Then they rushed forward at

ri

you the chance to marry into the Shaw family-the richest family of the city. After spendin

oment, Eliana

haw f

pushed her to marry Jeremy Ward, who had originally been engaged to Iri

arrangement

, there was something else. A flicker of excitement. A trace of sati

Iris had come