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Chapter 33 EVA POINT OF VIEW  I never thought I'd end up in prison. Never. But here I am. The guard pushed me through the heavy metal door. It made this awful sound when it shut behind me - BANG! - like a gunshot. I jumped. My heart was beating so fast I thought it might explode. Everything felt wrong. The orange jumpsuit was too big and scratchy against my skin. The air smelled bad like cleaning stuff and sweat and something else I couldn't name. Something scary. My fancy shoes from the courtroom were gone, replaced by cheap plastic sandals that made my feet hurt. Yesterday, I'd been standing in court. I can still see it all in my head the judge looking down at me like I was dirt, Max (my husband, or ex-husband now, I guess) sitting there with hate in his eyes, and that jury. God, that jury. When they said "guilty," my whole world fell apart. Now I wasn't Eva Grave anymore. I wasn't the woman who lived in a big house and went to fancy parties. I was just a number Inmate 2469. That's a