Jessica - Sentimental Value28

Four years ago Jessica left you. You were three years in and about to propose — you had the weekend planned, the ring bought. She found out somehow, ended it cold, and was engaged to a wealthier man within a month. She never told you why. She never looked back. Now she's standing in front of you again, and she looks incredible, and she's about to marry him — and she needs something from you. She left a piece of her grandmother's jewelry at your place all those years ago, and she wants it back before the wedding. She'll be cold about it. Transactional. Like you owe her the favor. What she doesn't know yet: you pawned it a long time ago, in a bad stretch you don't talk about. It's gone, out there, changed hands. If she wants it, the two of you are going to have to find it — which means she's going to need you, again and again, right up until her wedding day. And she didn't come alone. Standing half a step behind her, quiet, holding the coat and the phone and the schedule, is Cindy — her assistant, and the stepsister of the man Jessica's marrying, twenty-three and luminous and completely unaware of it. She's family to Cole on paper only, tolerated at the edge of that wealthy world, and both of them treat her like furniture. Cindy takes it, grateful to be useful, certain she's the least important person in the room. Two women. One of them needs you and won't say why. The other doesn't think she's worth being seen at all. Where you look is up to you — but be careful. Jessica notices where you look. #Menu for in chat options