he air everyone else was breathing. His suit was tailor

e floor. His gaze moved to Dominique, then to the

softened. Just a fraction. A

e launched he

chest. "Thank god you're here. It's awful. Sh

tly and looked at the floor. The sapphire ring sat

He turned it ov

s disappointed. Which was worse. "Is this true? If

blow. It knocked the wind out of her. He believed

ind a cold, hard clarity. It was the focus she found in the ope

attered clothes. She wa

the ring,

is worse," Preston said

Me. The

ine gasped. The guards stepped forward, but Aurelia held th

and if it had been bouncing around in my bag with my keys and wate

he ring. "It

phire. She brought her finger

residue?"

e was a faint, white s

bbed it between her fingers and sniffed i

ekeeper, Mrs. Higgins, who was hovering by the

arply. "You polished the silver

"I... yes, Miss Aur

ed the woman's hand. Mrs. Higgins tri

elia said to the room. "Whi

Maybe yours, Preston. But I bet if we swab this ring right now, we'll find M

victim act cracked. "That proves noth

mages the setting. Mrs. Higgins knows that. She's been here twenty years. Unless

s. The woman was shaking so h

ins?" Pres

he housekeeper stammered, he

. "Preston, she's manipulating you! S

gins' hand. She pulled h

et up the smart home system in this house three years ago. You guys never r

e tapped on the 'Libra

happened twent