In Your Name, I Am Reborn
Guests sneered at my shabby appearance.
Anna approached, a radiant smile on her face. "Joanne, you made it!"
Her haute couture gown, sparkling with crystals, stood in stark contrast to my drab attire. My gaze fell on the jade bracelet adorning her wrist, and nausea churned in my stomach.
Years ago, Calvin, drowning in gambling debts and too proud to ask his family for help, had sold his grandmother's heirloom bracelet to settle them.
He'd wept in my lap, calling it his only keepsake from her. To save it, I'd knelt before the casino boss, begging. Thugs had surrounded me, and without a timely police call, I might not have escaped unscathed.
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