“Why?”
“Important people will be there.”
“You were comfortable when Sterling paid your debt.”
Her hand stopped on the bracelet.
“That was private.”
“So is this.”
“I was grateful.”
“Are you still?”
She did not answer.
Julian appeared.
“Clara, tonight is important.”
“To whom?”
“To me.”
Then he found a page inside Victoria’s folder.
A Sterling card receipt.
Blue handwriting beneath it:
6,800
His expression changed.