Now that Vincent had his illegitimate son, he no longer cared whether Ynda lived or died. Although Ynda''s condition was incurable, she could have lived much longer with proper, consistent treatment.


    It was all Vincent''s fault. He saw Ynda as a burden and neglected herpletely. She must have died in pain and despair.


    Ynda''s death was the final straw that broke Mrs. Walker.


    Mrs. Walker finally agreed to cooperate with the police and investigators. Having been married to Vincent for many years, she knew many of his secrets-deeds so heinous they were more than enough to warrant the death penalty.


    Soon after, an arrest warrant was issued for Vincent.


    He was caught just as he was about to flee the country illegally, with April and their child in tow.


    The whole family of three was arrested.


    During his interrogation, Vincent waspletely despondent. Mrs. Walker knew too much. The moment Ynda died, Vincent knew it was over for him too.


    The only thing he could do now was try to protect April.


    As long as April was safe, their son would have someone to care for him and could grow up healthy and safe. Vincent now had an heir; he could die without regret.


    But how could April possibly be cleared? Mrs. Walker had turned a blind eye to April, the mistress, because she was an instructor at the police academy and had connections within the system.


    Mrs. Walker had heard Vincent mention several times that April used herwork and ess to information to help him.


    In fact, when the police academy sent an undercover cadet to get close to Colin Gonzalez, it was April who discovered it and told Vincent, who then had the young officer "taken care of."


    That alone was enough to convict April.


    At first, April stubbornly denied everything, iming she knew nothing.


    Of course she


    couldn''t admit it. If


    she did, she would face legal consequences If both she and


    Vincent went to prison, what would happen to their child? Her son


    wasn''t even a year old.


    But the investigators weren''t ipetent. After a thorough investigation, they had enough to convict April.


    The vice-principal who had leaked


    the information to April was also dismissed. It was his negligence that led to the sacrifice of a young and outstanding officer like Yvonne. The academy''s failure was a wake-up call that the entire department couldn''t afford to ignore.


    The morning sun was bright and warm.


    Yvonne sat by the living room''s floor-to-ceiling windows, holding a well-fed and content Coralie as they basked in the sun.


    Since Coralie was still too tiny to brave the world outside, Yvonne spent her mornings by the window, letting her daughter bask in the soft, filtered light.


    Thete autumn sunlight felt warm and soothing on their skin, making them feel pleasantlyzy.


    Coralie could smile now. Nestled in her mother''s arms, she grinned, drooling happily.


    Yvonne took a soft handkerchief and gently wiped the drool from Coralie''s chin before kissing her cheek again and again.


    A baby changes so much in the weeks after birth.


    The little girl, who had been pink and wrinkled at birth, had filled out beautifully, her skin now creamy and smooth. She had striking, upturned eyes that were identical to Yvonne''s.


    Coralie looked so much like Yvonne that sometimes, as Yvonne gazed at her, she would zone out, feeling as if she were seeing the original Yvonne as a baby.


    That little girl, taken from her mother''s side at birth, had never been treated kindly by life.


    Yvonne thought that if reincarnation was real, she truly hoped the original Yvonne had returned to be her daughter.


    She would love her fiercely and give her all the happiness in the world.