Chapter 16
GARDEN PARTY CENTERPIECE
Fill a Mason jar half to three-quarters full of water. Add slices of lemon and a bouquet of your favorite flowers—try white lilacs, daisies, freesia, or daffodils for a great contrast.
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Over breakfast, I considered my options for communicating with the diamond smuggler. My mother’s delicious homemade bread and a soft-boiled egg were one of my favorite meals, and it irked me that my worry over the diamonds was still giving me indigestion.
I pulled out my favorite lunch bag and frowned. On a sticky note, I wrote:
I don’t have any diamonds. What are you talking about? If you’re the one who stole my dresses, the police will find you.
It was the best I could do, and I didn’t even want to think of what Tony wo
