Margaret watched as Clarice finished speaking and left, her jaw clenched tight with fury. It was her who brought Elaine over yesterday, sure, but the plan was to have Elaine help herself to Clarice's stuff—like that Blue Tear necklace Theodore gave her. Who could've guessed she'd end up taking something from Lydia instead?
"Mom! The gold Buddha I got for Grandpa is gone!" Lydia's panicked voice came from upstairs.
That's when Margaret remembered—yesterday she had asked Elaine if Clarice gave her anything good, and Elaine had just said, "Yeah, yeah," before running off like she was in a hurry.
Turns out Elaine had taken Lydia's gift. Talk about backfiring.
"Mom, what do we do now?"
What else could they do? Even if they went to confront Elaine, she'd never admit it.
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