No return address.

Inside was my grandmother’s sapphire necklace.

A note, typed on plain paper, read: Your ex-wife was never the thief.

Ask Walter about the original appraisal.

For the first time I understood that another person might be watching the truth come out, and choosing whether to help.

PART 9

The necklace lay on my desk all night.

I remembered my grandmother fastening it at Megan’s throat on our wedding day.