Chapter 16

What Esme didn't know was that Donovan and Adeline never intended to truly let Audrey go free. From the day Audrey was released and brought to the Jabs estate, they placed her under 24-hour surveillance. Even for prenatal checkups, they arranged for her to be taken to a military hospital by their staff. They weren't worried about Audrey escaping. After all, the Jabs family's influence in Jonesville was extensive—there was nowhere for her to run. The reason they avoided sending her to the same hospital as Isaiah was simple—they knew their son loathed Audrey. If Isaiah found out they had released Audrey to allow her to carry the pregnancy to term, the child wouldn't stand a chance of surviving. Audrey, however, never considered escaping. Her time in prison had taught her a lesson. She understood that her survival now depended entirely on the child she carried. As long as she gave birth to the baby, she knew she could secure a comfortable future. So, she obediently followed every i