Life After Prison

Chapter 34

Chapter 34

Severin smiled and clinked glasses with them before drinking his glass of red wine.

The Shanahans had just returned home by then. As soon as they got out of the car, Catherine asked Felicia, “Just how much do you know about Severin? How could he rub shoulders with someone like Henry? Henry was being so respectful to him too, and judging from that attitude, he probably holds Severin in very high regard!”

Felicia suddenly smiled awkwardly. “We have no idea either. Diane refused to tell anyone who Selene’s father was, and we didn’t even know that he was the same person who offended Easton five

years ago. It was only today that we found out that Selene’s father is an ex-convict!”

The old lady frowned, looked at Felicia and William. “You’re well aware that the rules are always used against those who are powerless. Since Severin was imprisoned back then, we can be sure that he used to be an ordinary person with neither money nor power. However, having Henry’s protection right now means that there is more to Severin than it appears on the surface. There must be something special about him!”

seemed to feel that his mother was trying to imply something, so he

“The past was the past. It’s been so many years since then. I think you should let Diane and

what Catherine just said.” Do I understand you correctly, Mom? Are we letting bygones

lady’s face sank. “Have I not made myself

have Diane’s family move back. “Diane brought shame to the Shanahans. and her one-night stand is an ex-convict. Won’t it be a slap in our faces if we just let them move back here? You said it yourself back then that she will forever be barred from stepping foot in our home if

only said that in a moment of anger to persuade her into getting an abortion. Her child has grown older, and that incident was all in the past. As much as I don’t want us to face all that shame, the fact is that we already have. What am I supposed to do? Shove the child back into the mother’s womb? Severin might be more capable than we think. We’ll let them move back with us, and then bit by bit we’ll try to get him to open up about

to drive Diane out. That, coupled with Felicia’s temper, deterred him from visiting Diane and Selene. Even so, he did visit them secretly a

hear that his mother was planning to welcome Diane’s family

a wise choice, Mom! Diane suffered a lot in the past few years, and I’m sure

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