A Promise She'll Never Keep
With a perfectly calm voice, I said, "I came to pick up the charm bracelet. Do you know where Rachel put it?"
Todd let out an exaggerated gasp of surprise. Then, he shifted his foot, revealing the thing wrapped around his ankle.
A delicate charm engraved with the words "luck" and "joy" hung from a red cord, exactly as Rachel had promised me.
"You mean this? Rachel let me have it after I told her I liked it. Doesn't it look nice?"
Todd wore a smug smile. For a second, I nearly lost my mind. My daughter was gone, and my wife didn't love me.