“Hang up. Daniel, hang up!”
Before he could disconnect, I spoke again.
“There’s one more thing.”
I looked at the empty jewelry case on the counter.
“The bracelet Chloe is wearing?”
Daniel hesitated.
“What about it?”
“It’s fake.”
“What?”
“My mother’s real diamond bracelet has been inside a bank vault for eight months.”
I almost smiled.
“The one you took from our safe last night is a two-hundred-dollar cubic zirconia copy.”
I heard Chloe curse in the background.
Daniel’s voice immediately softened.
“Audrey, listen. We can fix this. We can talk like adults.”
“No.”
“You’re overreacting.”
“You sent me a photograph of yourself leaving the country with property you took from our safe and assets belonging to my company.”
I paused.
“You thought you were leaving me with nothing.”
Then I added,
“Your mistake was assuming I wasn’t paying attention.”
I ended the call.
