Chapter 6 - The Woman Who Knew Too MuchGenevieve backed away.
"You can't possibly believe this."
Julian looked at her.
"I believe evidence."
Her smile disappeared.
"You have no proof."
Julian lifted the pearl.
"I have this."
Genevieve glanced at it.
For a fraction of a second, genuine fear crossed her face.
Julian noticed.
So did everyone else.
"How did you know what it was?" he asked.
Genevieve said nothing.
The little girl suddenly buried her face against Julian's chest.
"Mommy was scared of the bad men."
Julian looked down.
"What bad men?"
She whispered:
"They came at night."
His jaw tightened.
"They took our house."
"Who?"
The girl hesitated.
Then she looked directly at Genevieve.
"One of them had a blue stone around her neck."
The ballroom went silent.
Genevieve's hand instinctively covered her sapphire pendant.
Julian saw it.
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And now the question was no longer whether his sister had died.
It was who had wanted her gone.
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