The Disappearance of Grace
“Then, after setting the now empty glass back onto the desk, Giovanni asks me to hold out my hand. Palm up.
I do it.
He sets something into my hand. It’s small and hard. A metal band topped with a stone. An engagement ring. Grace’s engagement band.
My heart skips a beat.
“Where did you find it?” I ask.
“The question, Captain Angel, is why did I find it?”
I grip the ring in the palm of my fisted hand, like it’s all that I have left of Grace.
“What are you suggesting?” ...I say.
“If your wife—”
“—fiancée.”
“Si, if your fiancée was taken from you by this man we have both seen, perhaps it is possible she slipped off her ring and dropped it, hoping that someone would find it and report it missing. It would be like her way of screaming for help.MoreLess
I do it.
He sets something into my hand. It’s small and hard. A metal band topped with a stone. An engagement ring. Grace’s engagement band.
My heart skips a beat.
“Where did you find it?” I ask.
“The question, Captain Angel, is why did I find it?”
I grip the ring in the palm of my fisted hand, like it’s all that I have left of Grace.
“What are you suggesting?” ...I say.
“If your wife—”
“—fiancée.”
“Si, if your fiancée was taken from you by this man we have both seen, perhaps it is possible she slipped off her ring and dropped it, hoping that someone would find it and report it missing. It would be like her way of screaming for help.MoreLess
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