GenevieveThe next morning, the house felt too quiet. I stood in front of my vanity, staring at my reflection and trying to find the girl who had been so terrified just forty-eight hours ago. She was still there, but her eyes looked different. I kept thinking about what had happened in Uncle Arthur’s library. It was officially our dirty little secret.A knock at my bedroom door startled me. My father walked in, holding a small, elegantly wrapped box.“This just arrived for you, princess,” he said, smiling as he set it on the vanity. “There’s a note from Uncle Artie. He says it’s a ‘token of appreciation’ for your commitment to the internship.”My heart did a slow, heavy roll. I opened the box. Inside was a delicate gold choker, thin as a thread, but with a single, dark red ruby as a pendant. It was beautiful, expensive, and looked exactly like a collar.“It’s stunning,” my father remarked, oblivious. “Artie always did have impeccable taste. He mentioned he wanted you to wear it to the
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