The mistress violently shoved his eight-month-pregnant wife down the courthouse steps. But she had absolutely no idea that the woman bleeding out across the marble was the cherished sister of the most feared attorney in the state

Chapter 17: A Letter from Prison

A week after the birthday celebration, a routine mail delivery brought a stark, heavy envelope stamped unmistakably with the official security insignia of the Allenwood Federal Correctional Institution. It was addressed to Khloe in shaky, unfamiliar handwriting.

She stood alone at her clean quartz kitchen island, staring down at the envelope with complete detachment. Three short years ago, receiving a single piece of correspondence from Richard would have sent her spiraling into a debilitating vortex of intense anxiety, lingering trauma, and painful lingering affection. Now, it was nothing more than an annoying piece of household trash.

Without breaking the seal, without wasting a single second of her precious time or giving him the power of her thoughts, she walked directly over to the high-powered paper shredder sitting in her home office. She dropped the unopened envelope straight into the hopper and listened with quiet satisfaction as the heavy steel blades instantly chewed his words into microscopic confetti. He no longer existed in her world.