Hope's POV
When I went to my mother to ask her for help, I wasn't even sure that she would help me, let alone make me see my life for what it has turned out to be. A few months ago, I was living in New Orleans, working for a publishing house and raising my son.
I didn't live in a mansion, didn't wear ridiculously expensive clothing, and didn't drive expensive cars but I was happy. I was living a simple life and everything was going well. I was happy with where I was in my life, then in only a few months, Xavier came in and turned my life upside down.
A couple of months ago, he was arrested, allegedly for killing a well-known drug dealer. It didn't make sense to me at the time, I thought, a man like my husband could never be associated with the likes of that man. I believed him when he
