Ethan paused and turned around to look at Holly. "I did my best, Mom, but I cannot help you. No one can help you," he said. "You should have thought about this outcome when you ordered the murder back then. My lawyer will do the best he can to reduce your sentence, but there is nothing else we can do."

"You cannot do this, Ethan! You have to get me out of here. I can't go to prison. It's too horrifying! I will not survive here! Please, Ethan!" she wailed.

He left the room without saying another word.

"Ethan!" She tried running after him but was stopped by the policeman standing guard. "Ethan!"

She was only shoved back into her cell after Ethan had walked out of potential sight.

Back in the cell with barred windows and doors, Holly curled up in her bed and wrapped her arms around her head. She was trembling in fear.

After all, she had heard a lot of prison stories.

It was a place with inedible food, cramped cells, cellmates who were bullies, and daily labor.

She had never done a single job in her entire life. However, she would soon be locked up in a cell with several other women. She would be forced to eat disgusting food and live in a place she would never even look at. Additionally, she might even be bullied by the people she was locked up with.

No.

No way.

She was a daughter of the Baker family, the wife of Taylor's second-in-line heir. This should not be her fate.

If only she knew... She would never have given Scott the money.

He had been nagging her about how she had pushed Leigh Shefford's mother to the ground. If the girl's grandfather kept investigating, Holly would be dragged in.

He even told her about how George's parents had never liked her in the first place, so if they found out she had killed someone, they would force George to divorce her.


For some bizarre reason, she fell for Scott's words and gave him the money.

Of course, she knew what he was going to do with the money, but she pretended she did not.

She thought she would be fine since she had only given him money.

She did not expect Scott, her own brother, would tell the police she was the mastermind while he was just obeying orders. All that just so he could have a reduced sentence.
Ethan paused and turned around to look at Holly. "I did my best, Mom, but I cannot help you. No one can help you," he said. "You should have thought about this outcome when you ordered the murder back then. My lawyer will do the best he can to reduce your sentence, but there is nothing else we can do."

After so many years, neither of them could prove who was telling the truth anyway.

However, there was no doubt that she had given him the money. The police had found the evidence.

Every policeman who saw her looked at her with disgust and hatred. They thought she was a cold-hearted snake.

The lawyer said she would be sentenced to ten years or more.

She had never been so afraid before.

If she had to be imprisoned for ten years, she would rather die.

She did not have the strength to commit suicide though.

Finally, she knew what it meant to live a life worse than death.

With her head buried in her arms, she sobbed her heart out.

If she knew this would happen, she would have told Scott to turn himself in. She might even go talk to the police herself.

He was the murderer. How was it any of her business?

She should not have given him the money all because he was her brother and she should protect him. In the end, all she did was get herself thrown into prison.

A deep sense of regret enveloped her.

Accompanied by a great amount of hatred.

After leaving the station, Ethan wandered around like a lost soul for hours. After a long time, he mysteriously found himself back at Sun Garden, staring at Leigh.

"Why are you back?" She was surprised. "Have I not made myself clear?"

"It's not that." He shook his head before awkwardly saying, "I just remembered I forgot to apologize to you."

"It's fine," she said with an indifferent voice. "The pain I suffered is not something that could be forgiven with a simple apology. I do not want to hear any apologies or words of regret. All I want to see is the main culprit arrested and punished!"

"I understand." He nodded. "If it were me, I would do the same. However, I still feel guilty and would like to apologize or do something for you..."

"Is that so?" She gazed at him with a raised eyebrow. "I had your mother and uncle arrested. I thought we were enemies forever."

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