a Harri
Tomorrow was my first official visit back to the Harrison estate, a man
nreadable mask as he presented the leather-bound manifest of gifts intended for my family. He was a ma
a thick, unmarked envelope into the butler's white-gloved
essing the weight. A flash of raw greed, quickly mas
less work in this vast household, Mr. Dav
He glanced over his shoulder, his voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper. "Mrs. Gallo, the gifts for your family were personally overseen by Mrs.
ding passing between us. "Thank yo
filled the suite. Francesca swept into the room, her chin held high, eyes dart
or welcoming me into the family,
Her greed won out over her suspicion, and she slipped it onto her wrist
tomorrow, I hoped we could review them together before they are load
ed a cedar box, her face twisting in exaggerated horror. "Ma
xpression deadpan. "And this rare whiske
h a cluster of moth holes. The luxurious items were nothing but garbag
evaporated, replace
tress. "Oh, Aunt Francesca, if my family saw this, they would think the Gallo
chair scraped harshly against the floorboards. "Those incompetent fools in the cellar!" she hissed, h
ched out, gently touching her arm, and delivered t
my eyes locking onto hers. "Perhaps someone simply made a poor
errified. In that one sentence, I had stripped her bare. She knew that I knew about the emb
have the trunks replaced with proper goods immedi
s a battlefield, and I had just secured my footing. Tomorrow, the black Cadillac woul
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