Chapter 24 - Watching Chloe get released from state prison as a broke forgotten woman who wanders into the cold Chicago winter streets today.
On a freezing January morning, the heavy iron doors of the state correctional facility opened, releasing Chloe back into society.
Wearing a cheap winter coat provided by the state, she carried her few personal belongings inside a clear plastic bag.
She stood on the snowy sidewalk, looking around at a world that had completely moved on without her during her seven years inside.
Her parents had cut ties, her high-society friends had erased her number, and her name was a synonym for fraud in business.
She pulled out her old phone, searching the internet for news about Ethan, only to find pictures of his happy, thriving family.
Images of Ethan, Sarah, little Clara, and Margaret standing together at a charity gala filled her screen with painful clarity.
She stood alone in the howling Chicago wind, realizing that her cruelty at a steakhouse had cost her everything she could have had.
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She walked slowly down the snowy street toward a bus stop, a ghost of her former self, completely forgotten by the world.
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