As a boy he had seen his grandmother wear it at family celebrations.

He had associated it with birthdays and weddings, with the feeling that the Hamilton name would last forever.

Now the object represented the distance between what his family claimed to value and the way it had treated another human being.

“Your mother wanted an appraisal before a possible sale,” Victor said.

“I never imagined anyone would report it missing.”

“Neither did I,” Adam replied.

He put the pendant away and looked at a framed photograph of Rebecca, his late wife, holding infant Idan.