Chapter 119

Chapter 119

The detective paced in the dimly lit room, the faint thump sound of his steps interrupting the silence in the room. His suspect kept her head down, her fingers fidgeting. The detective stopped moving suddenly and his face came into the light that the dim lamp provided.

“We found you in possession of this”, the detective said, holding up the pendant in the air.

“Can you tell me how you got this?”

“I…I …I was..gi…gi… given”

“By who?”

“My madam”

“And why do you think Mrs. Rodriguez gave you something so valuable?”

Maria hesitated. Her voice was shaky making her stammering even worse.

“I…I…don't know”

“You don't kn…kn..kn..know?”

*Was it your birthday?”

“No”, she said in a low tone.

“So why? I mean, this is worth over hundreds of thousand of euros. Do you think your madam would just dash it out just like that?”

“Sh…sh..sh..she..”

“She what?”

Madeline wimped, her body quivering with fear. She didn't want to go to jail but she wasn't dumb to not realize she'd been set up. Mad
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