So whatever she said naturally carried weight.
“I actually spotted it right away. This thing’s fake—just blue spinel.”
“People make tons of these nowadays to fool anyone who doesn’t know better.”
Her words slapped Zoey Mitchell’s group right across the face, and they rushed to apologize to Evelyn Taylor.
“You guys should really apologize to Amelia,” Evelyn snapped, gripping her jaw tight. “She seriously tried to explain everything to you, but you doubted her and even mocked her. That’s just way out of line!” If it weren’t for basic manners, she probably would’ve gone off on them already.
So they all turned to Amelia Johnson to apologize.
“It’s fine. Not everyone knows this stuff,” Amelia said, her tone calm but firm. “Just… don’t pretend you know when you don’t. You’ll
