After Rachel was fired, I told Vanessa to contact the hotel and explain what happened with Princess before.”
Vanessa glared at him.
“Stop.”
Richard’s voice rose.
“You had no right to destroy this woman’s job when you weren’t even sure.”
I looked at him.
“Is that why you left Princess here?”
He nodded.
“Vanessa would never have come back voluntarily.”
His expression hardened as he looked at his wife.
“But I knew she would come back for Princess.”
Vanessa’s eyes filled with angry tears.
“You used my dog to humiliate me.”
“No.”
Richard shook his head.
“I made you come back and face what you did.”
Vanessa looked around the room.
Then lifted her chin.
“You still don’t know where the ring is.”
I looked at Princess.
“Then let’s find out.”
Twenty minutes later, all of us were crowded into a veterinarian’s exam room.
Vanessa.
Richard.
Mr. Bennett.
Marcus.
Me.
