In Time, the Truth
"Mr. Carter, Mrs. Carter said she wanted to go on a retreat for meditation and didn't want anyone to disturb her... We thought—"
"Find her! Turn the entire city upside down if you have to, but bring her back to me!"
Soon, someone brought him a necklace found in a gutter in a back alley.
It was my necklace that I never took off. More specifically, it was a white gold chain with a tiny perfume bottle pendant containing the unique "First Love" fragrance I'd created just for him.
Alex staggered back two steps, the world spinning around him. In the days that followed, he searched like a madman through every place I might have gone. My favorite spice shops, bookstores, and art galleries.
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