The bartender would take the necklace from her. He reached for her and curved his hand around her neck.
"I don't care if you stay with him or not. Everyone in this tavern would believe me over you!" He bent to unlock the necklace. It fell off into his hands.
The bartender smiled greedily at the necklace. It had looked extraordinary to him when he had seen it and when she had confirmed it for him, his heart did a dance.
He raised it in the air. An emerald green light shined in the middle. Why did it look like a locket? She had seemed so protective of it so it would have a deeper meaning to it.
Vanessa gasped as he opened the lock. Tears streamed down her face. If the key fell into another person's hand, her mother died for nothing. It meant that her stupidity would cause her to lose her
