Chapter 1 Out Of Jail

The prison gate slowly creaked open, and the harsh sunlight fell on Camila Jackson's gaunt, yellowed face.

The clothes she had worn when she entered prison now hung loosely on her frame. She had spent five dark, hopeless years behind bars, and today, she was finally walking out—her sentence served.

Dragging her leg, she limped slowly from the prison. It wasn't that she wanted to walk slowly, but that she simply couldn't manage any faster.

A black Bentley was parked by the roadside. The window rolled down, revealing a man's cold, sharp face. His eyes briefly scanned her leg before he scoffed, his disdain unmistakable. "Five years in prison, and you're still pretending."