rs of the walk-in closet. She stared bla

pulled out three basic, tailored business suits she had bo

d to parade her around at charity galas were s

h rapid, precise movements, dropp

drawer open and grabbed her passport, her bi

ting on the glass counter. It was stuffed with

he diamonds. She only reached in and pulled out a cheap

three heavy suitcases out to the living roo

led out a thick stack of papers. It was an un

ipped to the last page and signed her

inst the thick paper echoed loudly

t hand and stared at the three-carat di

ard. The ring slid over her knuckle, leavin

diamond dead center o

r suitcases. She walked into the e

loaded her bags into t

please," Eleonor

out the window at the sun hitting the trees in Central Park. She dr

e used her own depleted savings account t

nora handed him a twenty-dollar bill

foot across the plush carpet and let her

fee table. Brittany Marsh's

oded through the speaker, cursing Jaret wi

e laugh. "I'm at the Plaza, Bri

ad silence on the line. Then,

e me twenty minutes," Brittany

he floor-to-ceiling window, looki

nutes later, the su

d there in a chic trench coat, holding a fre

s around Eleonora in a bone-crushing hug.