l past midnight, smelling o

keys on the co

e divorce, Bella," I said

hen at me, annoyance f

w? I just had a w

the bedroom. "And I need

wed her

ession suddenly seri

other's locket. T

mother'

given it to me just

hand frail in mine. "And maybe, just maybe, it' ll help keep Isabella grou

rds. She' d wanted it then, but Nana

t it?" I asked,

ing into that manipulative cadence sh

, I think. He says sapphires help with his crippling anxiety, especially when he' s trying to be

nxiety. Cre

bution so far was a new espr

m. For his work.

he look o

eaming, "I' ll reinstate your team' s bonuses. All of

money, for my grandmother's locket,

city of it was

" I

er voic

t for him. And it

ed for divorce, Bella. We meet with th

ou' re making a mista

ever valued anything beyond wh

tanding there, the demand for the lock

nd. She thought thi

s an