e room. The only sound was Addi
e took a heavy step backward, his face dark with humilia
ora wasn'
ard, closing the distance and stan
n to breathe. Addisyn instinctively tried to back away, but he
es bypassed Addisyn's crying face a
ribly with the cheap pink fabric of her dress, was
the "Eye of the Deep," her late moth
She pulled it sharply toward her. The thick diamond chain dug into
grab her throat, her tears flowing freely now.
ne again, but Eleonora shot him a glare
e you permission to touch my mother's things
ic. "D-Dad! Clyde said it looked pretty wit
Clyde? What gives him the right t
empt. "Tell me, you two Ivy League scholars. What is the charge in the New York Stat
f gray. He knew exactly what it was. I
d there and defended her. Is this what your elite famili
shattered the delicate, innocent socialite
at the thought that the pure, sweet girl he ha
s room with the label of a thief, her reputatio
im act and desperately reached behind her neck, her
manicured nails scratched her own
sapphire necklace slid off her neck an
ly. She looked at Isaac, her eyes begging for sympath
at the necklace in Eleonora's hand, a dark s
le alcohol wipe. Right in front of their faces, she beg
d been contaminated by a deadly virus. The silent, physical geburned like acid in her chest. She dug her fingernails
coat pocket. She tossed the dirty wipe perf
them. "The room. The jewelry. If there is anythin
absolute clarity that in this room, Eleonora had st
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