e fabric of the bag, her wrist flic
by necklace tumbled out of the velvet case, clatteri
ing both hands over her mouth in dramatic horr
orridor, her footsteps furious. "What i
thered at the end of the hall, whisper
the fallen necklace with trembl
weet through the entire foyer. "It's completely fine! I was going to give it to her
. "You giving it to her is charity! Her taking it behind our backs is theft! Eighteen
took it-you're just trying to plan for your future, right? Your real parents have no jobs, you have five unmarried brothers who need to scrape together dowries,
ght on cue, their voices hush
! That custom piece is worth at l
ner craft that exclusively for Miss Macy-
e's willing to part with it for someon
dora has turned out to
se, lifting her chin with an expr
s a bottomless black hole-ten necklaces wouldn't be enough to fill their debts! She doesn't deserve a single
orm of accusations, Isado
ng with cool amusement. She looked at Macy-at the fragile, quivering l
into a languid, dangerous smirk. After all this plotting, is
er spine. There was no panic, no tearful plea, no desperate defense. Isadora's aura wa
back from Brenda and stepped right in front of Isadora, th
d Mom back... Just take it
at the cloudy red stone, then slo
watched with bated breath, and Macy wore the smile of someone who
t. Her slender fingers wrapped around the velv
d with triumphant
, Isadora tilted her head, the corner of her li
spered, her voice dangerously calm, "I supp
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