She squinted and then frowned, “Wait! The bracelet on Rachel’s wrist looks familiar. I must have seen it somewhere before.”

I turned to look. The bracelet on her slim wrist was the gift from Mr. Oberick.

Before I could say anything, Nora dropped her chores on hand and started walking towards Rachel. Unexpectedly, she turned back and picked up the knife. “I can overlook anything else, but how could she shamelessly con him of my grandma’s bracelet?” she muttered under her breath.

I was shocked when I saw her with the knife. I quickly went up and pulled her aside. “Calm down! Your grandpa gifted this to Ashton’s wife. Since Ashton gave it to her, you should not fault her for it,” I explained.

She pushed me aside and fumed, “My grandpa may be senile, but I am not. First of all, Ashton will never be her man. It is okay for that bracelet to go to Ashton’s wife but not her. That would be an insult to my grandma. Secondly, my grandpa meant that as a gift for Ashton’s wife, meaning you. She is a fake and that means she misled my grandpa. I cannot forgive her for that.”

She angrily stormed up to Ashton and Rachel and taunted her. “Ms. Zimmer, that bracelet looks good, right?”

 

hand. She stumbled backward and nearly dropped the

face regained some color as she stood close to Ashton, feeling more

 

back to me!” she demanded,

want?” Rachel was puzzled. She had

grandma’s bracelet? How shameless can you be? The old man

the rest, and Tabitha came running

you holding a knife? That is dangerous. Chill and talk calmly!” Laurel

“Go back to what you were doing.

knew what was happening. They could

regained her composure. She knew that with so many people around, Nora would

and Ms. Stovall were both present and they witnessed your grandpa gave it to me. How did you get the idea I conned him? Does the Oberick family always give something then turn around, and demand it back? What would happen to the reputation of A City’s famous Oberick family if words got out about what happened today?” Rachel challenged,

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