The Stolen Bridal Carriage
My gaze slid past everyone and landed on the bridal carriage sitting in the corner.
Pearls studded every inch of it, catching the light in a soft glow.
Nobody knew that while our parents had spent all their time nursing Lena through one fake illness after another, every single one of those pearls—normally something an elder in the family dove for by hand—had been gathered by me, one trip after another, into the ocean, myself.
I stared at that carriage, my voice coming out rough. "And the carriage?"
My father frowned. "We'll have another one made for you later. This one goes to Lena for now."