rked qu

s for breakfast, the documents she had asked

e was still in prison, Evelina had been quietly keeping track of them. They had graduated from e

hared in common. Every one of them

ounts of money into specialized laboratories in an effort to master the core technology. At the same time, the

ied to their promise to overcome the AVN tech

p represented the best possible opp

velina. It saved her the troubl

the files, her finger p

ting to Brooks

dwide to solve the AVN issue. They're offering salaries three times

osed the file and continued eating br

r. We're going

, a meeting at Brooks

ence room doors suddenly opened. Evelina walked in wearing black combat boots.

keup on, the sickly and worn appearance from her recent release had completely disappeared

es and fixed Sam

take back w

ognized her. A trace of ridicule and

t out of prison? I figured it'd at least take a mon

undred thousand dollars. He tore it off and threw it onto the table in front o

the money and go home. Apologize properly to Mom, and

na was. Whispers immediately spread throughout the room as people

cklace around Evelina's neck. It was the newest piece from a luxury jewelry brand, va

possibly afford something like that afte

han once. She'd assumed Evelina only got released early because she'd humbled herself and begged

transformed. Every piece of jewelry o

t second before she quickly covered it with a ge

with her. We should teach her how to stand on her own instead of

mpany would willingly hire her. That kind of stain follows a person forever. If she were willing to

onference room l

. How could someone who spent years in prison possibly compare to

y filled with a

wan born into privilege, while Evelina was nothi

ely satisfied wi

to the dirt and make sure she ne

still kept up h

y those things a

n smugness and contempt in Jolie's

entral University degree she flaunted so

umiliation and was about to run away in disgrace. Instead, Evelina sudd

into silence. The blow sent Jolie staggering back

grabbed Jolie by the hair and pinned her firmly against the wall. Leaning close to her ear, she spoke in a freezin