Damaged Pearls Novels & Stories

Show her what? Jenna watched at Harry then reached into her pocket. Lily’s jaw hung open when Jenna pulled out a beautiful black pearl with a golden tint. Hailey followed by taking out a pink pearl of her own. Then Ish pulled a necklace from under her shirt, displaying a brown pearl. Lily stared at each of those three pearls, then at the one in her hand. The others were all exotic colors, while hers was a pure, eggshell white. It usually watched dull, with a matte finish. But now, her pearl came alive with light, almost glowing from the inside.

I blinked twice, to find the pearl necklace off my neck, with nothing but patches of redness and burned skin around the place where it had settled. The rest of the pearls were scattered all around me, and just a few were clutched in a death grip inside of my hand. I heaved out a loud sigh and opened my palm before letting the remaining pearls fall to the floor. I really didn’t mean to ruin that one too. But the mere thought of my grandpa always humbled me.

The name of the foundation was . Ruined or patched.

The moment I looked inside, my breath caught. Pearls. Delicate, glowing, Cloud Sea pearls, each of them milky white with a faint shimmer of blue, like moonlight frozen in crystal. Exactly the kind I had lost. Maybe even more beautiful. I exhaled, the tight knot in my chest loosening just a little. He came back. Even when he wouldn’t say it out loud. A small, involuntary smile tugged at the corners of my lips. Just a flicker. But it stayed a second longer than usual.

Plip—plip—plip. My heart stopped. I looked down. Pearls everywhere. Rolling like little mocking tears around the sink, hitting the metal with soft, horrible sounds that stabbed right through my soul. “No…” I whispered. I lifted the fabric higher. More pearls fell. One by one. Two by two. Entire rows came loose as if the fabric had been waiting for the perfect moment to betray me. “No, no, no—no—no—” I tried to hold them together, cupping the pearls in my hands, but they slipped through my fingers and scattered across the floor, bouncing away like they were laughing at me.

It was a beautiful red dress that was my size as well. Underneath there was a letter; Happy birthday. Wear these tomorrow to your birthday party with no signature or anything on it. I placed it back in the box and opened the jewellery box to see a beautiful diamond bracelet. "what the fuck," I mumbled to myself inside the box was a diamond tester, I laughed to myself What crazy person is sending me real diamonds? I tested the diamonds and they were in fact real. what the fuck?

He was calculating, thinking of every probability ahead of time. In the end, to soothe Stephen Ling’s anger, we bought some VBH earrings, special pink kuznite - a variety of spodumene according to Stephen’s explanation when I asked - inlaid necklaces, a pearl necklace that cost hundreds of thousands, gold pieces, brooches and a lot more.

Preston asks. “Sure, but your Gamma couple might want to hear this too.” I tell Preston as I turn the screen towards Pearl and ask her the same question I asked my Mates. Like Darius, she doesn’t seem to get my drift. I wait until everyone has taken their turn at staring at the damn picture, but only Daxton has connected the dots. “Darius, can you describe out loud what you see?” I ask him, while turning the laptop towards him. “A pear-shaped stone with a rainbow effect, featuring many small diamonds and a small chain adorned with a teardrop-shaped diamond.” Darius says as he looks at the picture.