Chapter 3 - Rachel’s Necklace Is Inside
Daniel asked venue security to preserve the room.
Claire accused him of humiliating her.
Daniel answered:
“My son is terrified of you.”
With witnesses present, Claire finally opened the handbag herself.
The blue velvet box was inside.
So was the necklace.
Daniel recognized the tiny scratch beside the clasp.
He had given it to Rachel on their tenth anniversary.
Claire began crying.
She claimed Rachel had given it to her before she died.
Daniel stared.
“Rachel barely knew you.”
Claire had worked with Daniel’s family foundation.
She and Rachel met at events, but they were never close.
Then Evelyn spoke.
“I saw that necklace after Rachel died.”
Daniel turned toward his mother.
“When?”
“Three months later.”
“Where?”
“In Claire’s apartment.”
Claire’s face went white.
Evelyn had kept quiet because Claire claimed Daniel had given it to her.
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Daniel never had.
His mother had known something was wrong for more than a year.
