Soft breaths were expelled ever so slightly from Elara's lungs when she opened up her box and found the documents she'd put there, and nothing else incriminating.
That thing wasn't there.
Elara wasn't sure whether she was to be more relieved than shocked, or more shocked than relieved that the key was gone.
“Are we done now?” Elara returned the accusing look Diane had given her earlier, although in the back of her mind, she wouldn't stop thinking, ‘who took it out?’
The disappointment on Diane's face was glaring when her dirty plans got flung back in her face. It was supposed to be right there. She'd seen Elara put it there. Had she figured out her plans and had taken it out beforehand?
“I guess I was mistaken then,” she admitted reluctantly as she stepped back.
Elara closed the bo
