HE MOCKED MY MILITARY UNIFORM AND CALLED ME A CHARITY CASE—THEN A DNA TEST EXPOSED THE $450,000 HE STOLE FROM MY FAMILY.
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Chapter 5 - THE FIRST MISSING OBJECT
Three weeks before the locket incident, Elena noticed a bronze sculpture missing from the library.
Insured value:
$42,000.
Seraphina said it had been moved for cleaning.
“Where?”
“Storage.”
“Which storage?”
“Julian’s.”
Arthur had not approved the transfer.
The sculpture returned two days later.
Seraphina called it a transport quote.
Possible.
Then two antique watches vanished from Arthur’s dressing-room safe for one afternoon.
They returned.
Seraphina said they had been photographed for insurance.
Again possible.
Elena wrote down:
dates,
times,
items,
who moved them.
May you like
Seraphina once saw the notebook.
After that, her attitude toward Elena changed completely.
