"That... that can't be true."
"You're digging up things that don't exist!" Felix yelled. "You're harassing my wife!"
Then:
"You don't have proof. That bracelet could've been anywhere. Pawn shops, online —"
Officer Mason interrupted, his voice clear enough to echo across the lawn.
"Sir, how did you know the bracelet was ever out of the house?"
"You're harassing my wife!"
He let that hang there.
"As far as the case file goes, your daughter was wearing it when she disappeared. No one saw her again. Not officially. So how could you know the bracelet ended up in a pawn shop... unless you knew something we don't?"
Silence.
Then I opened the door, stepping out into the sunlight, my robe fluttering in the breeze.
Felix turned toward me, his face drained. "Natalie, don't —"
