A Successful Counterattack

"That is my ring!" Chloe’s shrill voice sliced through the heavy silence of the banquet hall. She thrust a manicured finger toward my open purse, her eyes wide with a theatrical display of betrayal. "Valerie, so it was you! You stole it. Now that we have caught you red-handed, with the actual jewelry sitting right there in your bag, what do you have to say for yourself?"

I kept my expression blan