Chapter 3 - Noah Explains Where He Found It
Noah had not broken into Victor’s study.
Vanessa had sent him there.
That revelation changed everything.
“She told me Mom’s surprise was in the bottom drawer,” Noah said.
Vanessa immediately denied it.
Noah began crying.
“She said not to tell.”
Rebecca knelt in front of him.
“You’re not in trouble.”
Noah explained that Vanessa had whispered to him twenty minutes before
the confrontation.
She said Victor had bought Rebecca a surprise and Noah could make the
evening special by bringing it out.
The bottom drawer had already been unlocked.
Inside sat the velvet box.
Noah recognized his mother’s bracelet immediately because Rebecca kept a
photograph of Daniel fastening it around her wrist.
Vanessa claimed Noah misunderstood her.
Then ballroom security footage showed her crouching beside him near the
hallway.
There was no audio, but it confirmed the conversation happened.
Rebecca stared at Vanessa.
“Why would you send an eight-year-old into Victor’s study?”
Vanessa looked at her brother.
Victor looked back.
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For the first time, Rebecca realized brother and sister were not
standing on the same side.
