You left my dog here?”
“Yes,” Richard said.
“You left Princess overnight in a security office?”
“Yes.”
She reached for the carrier.
“We’re leaving.”
Richard stepped between her and the dog.
“No.”
Her eyes widened.
“Move.”
“Mr. Bennett needs to hear something first.”
Vanessa went pale.
“We don’t have time. Princess could be sick.”
Richard stared at her.
“I’m sure the veterinarian will tell us exactly what happened last time.”
Vanessa froze.
I looked between them.
“What happened last time?”
“Nothing,” Vanessa snapped.
Richard ignored her.
“Six months ago, Princess swallowed one of Vanessa’s diamond earrings.”
My heart seemed to stop.
“We searched our entire house,” Richard continued. “We assumed the earring was lost.”
He looked at the little dog.
“Then Princess became sick. The veterinarian took an X-ray.”
He paused.
“The earring was in her stomach.”
The room went completely silent.
Suddenly, there was another explanation for the missing
