She’d said, “Don’t make the mistake my grandson does, dear.

He thinks a gift is a debt somebody owes him.”

At the time I’d laughed.

Now I wasn’t sure my grandmother had been joking.

The original appraisal came from a small jeweler in Franklin.

Dana contacted the business through proper channels and received a copy of a prior repair order and a later valuation.

The later valuation was requested by a consulting company linked to Tiffany.

Its date preceded the night the necklace supposedly disappeared.