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So, when Tyron saw Tracie, his gaze was filled with undisguised
hostility and disgust.
If Grover’s indifference to Tracie meant leaving her to handle
things on her own, Tyron’s attitude was much more aggressive.
He despised her, seeing her as a toxic, festering wound on
Juliana. In his mind, she was nothing but a nuisance, and he’d be
happy to see her crushed underfoot.
But of course, in such a public setting, Tyron held himself back-
he wasn’t about to make a scene.
The young woman next to him seemed vaguely familiar to
Tracie, but she couldn’t place her.
The girl was about twenty, petite with short, messy hair,
wearing a light blue overalls dress paired with light beige
pointed heels. She looked both extravagant and quirky, with an
aura of mischief.
Whether familiar or not, none of these people had anything to
do with Tracie.
She didn’t expect Grover to take her side in a setting like this.
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So, even though he had stood her up earlier, she wasn’t about to
walk up to him and try to discuss anything.
She gave the group a brief glance, then walked away, still
holding her glass of champagne.
Just as she turned, a taunting, playful voice called out behind
her, “Oh, isn’t this the woman who tried to steal the sapphire
necklace from Juliana last time? Wasn’t she arrested and
thrown in jail? Who let her out and allowed her to show up at a
place like this?”
As she spoke, the elegant, quirky young woman stepped directly
in front of Tracie, grinning as if Tracie were just a silly plaything
for her to toy with.
“Miss, do I know you?” Tracie asked calmly.
“You really are forgetful, aren’t you?” the girl replied with a
playful smile. “Not long ago, at the rock climbing club, Juliana
threw a party, and you charged at her like a rabid dog, trying to
grab the sapphire necklace off her neck. You didn’t get it,
though, and ended up getting arrested by the police. I was
standing right next to her when it happened–I was the one who
called the cops on you. How could you have forgotten all that?”
It clicked.
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That sapphire necklace was a wedding gift from her
grandmother, who had given it to her when she married Grover.
Her grandmother had said it was valuable, but Tracie hadn’t
thought much of it. She just considered it a meaningful gift from
her grandmother, so she kept it safe, even though she didn’t
wear it much. It had always been stored in her makeup box.
Then, one day, it went missing.
For a while, Tracie even suspected the housemaids might have
taken it, since none of them treated her seriously.
She searched the house
