ON THEIR DRIVE BACK to Apapane Ring, Pari decides she can bring up a potentially sensitive subject. “Is it really true that Agustin stole your sister-in-law’s jewelry? Would he have done that?”
“Abby told you that?” Katerina replies with her own question.
“Abby tries not to gossip or tell me anything lurid or demeaning. But one explanation leads to another, then another detail leads to another, and unknowingly she ends up revealing almost everything she was going to keep private.”
“It is okay that you asked me,” Katerina says. “The answer is I do not know absolutely. Not 100%. Agustin vigorously denied stealing from Camila and my brother. But that does not necessarily mean he did not play some part in it, sad to say. So, I think it is most likely he could have done it. However,
