The bitter wind blew hard across the cold, open yard of the State Maximum Security Prison, making the iron chain-link fences rattle with a sharp, noisy clatter.

Nora looks up, watching Evelyn’s luxury car speed past in pure, unattainable glory.

The dark stretch limousine glided effortlessly along the wide expressway, its tinted windows reflecting the golden morning sun as it disappeared over the horizon toward a world of absolute freedom, endless wealth, and global honor.

Inside that smooth luxury car sat Evelyn Sterling Vance. She was wrapped in the loving arms of her powerful billionaire husband, wearing a custom ten-carat blue diamond ring, and returning to a magnificent palace where...