Even the Caucasian Shepherd got a new life.

Camila learned Edwin had deliberately isolated the dog in a dark room to make it aggressive, so she moved it to a rehabilitation center, where it was retrained and adopted by a loving family.

The divorce was finalized fast, with no drawn-out fight — the prenuptial agreement and the evidence of financial abuse left Edwin no claim to the Stanford estate.

Camila recovered her original identity documents, her mother’s vintage jewelry, and a box of family letters Beverly had hidden away.

Holding those letters again, she cried with genuine relief. She had her life back.

Chapter 5 — Los Angeles

Camila took no pleasure in watching her old tormentors fall.