parents I wanted a change of scenery, a chance to do something usefu

avannah walked in without knocking. Sh

?" she asked, eyein

I said, not l

"This house is a

ed on my grandmother's pearl necklace, a Dav

on me," she said, picking them up. "A sym

inside m

been kind. I had shared my home, my family, my life wi

r. I didn't say a word. I just s

ed in shock. "

," I said, my voice

he way she always did

ays been jealous of me because I was

er fake sobs. "I paid for your designer wardrobe. My father paid for

arls. "This, you

she shrieked. "He loves me! He

an start paying my father back for the quarter of a million dollars he's

ew I wasn't bluffing. My father kept me

outh opening and closin

," I sai

er and locked it. I held the cool, smooth pearls in my han