I walked into the large living room and stood in front of the tall brick fireplace.

The long wooden mantel was completely bare from end to end.

Brenda had packed away all the framed family photographs and the decorative ceramic vases.

I reached up and unclasped the gold watch from my right wrist.

I set it in the exact center of the dark wood mantel.

The polished gold gleamed brightly against the painted white brick behind it.

“Jonathan bought that watch for eight hundred dollars in nineteen ninety-two,” Arthur said.