Chapter 15 - Harold Returns the Sapphire Bracelet
Harold visited the restaurant carrying a small box.
Inside was the sapphire bracelet Vanessa had planted.
It had been preserved while relevant questions were resolved.
The jewelry had belonged to Charles Whitmore’s wife.
Family records showed Eleanor eventually inherited it.
After Eleanor’s death, it should have passed through her personal
estate.
Vanessa had taken it before distribution.
Harold asked Sophia whether she wanted to pursue a claim to it.
Sophia laughed.
“No.”
“Certain?”
“Completely.”
Harold smiled.
“Why?”
Sophia looked at the bracelet.
“That thing has caused enough trouble while sitting still.”
The bracelet ultimately went through the proper estate process.
Sophia did not want it.
Her mother’s handwritten letter meant more.
Harold understood.
Before leaving, he handed her a photograph.
Elena and Eleanor.
Teenagers.
Laughing beside a lake.
May you like
Sophia stared at it for a long time.
“That,” she said, “I’ll keep.”
