Panic seized me.
I was overseeing a multimillion-dollar project at the company, and we were scheduled to sign the contract with our business partner the following week.
If I vanished at a time like this, the entire project would grind to a halt.
The company would suffer a great loss, and everything I had worked so hard for would be destroyed.
"Adam, please help me. Tell them the truth. It really wasn't me!"
As I struggled, the velvet box slipped from my pocket.
The jade bracelet tumbled onto the floor and shattered.
Adam stared at the broken pieces silently for a long time.
Then he finally spoke, "Nancy, just go with the police."
That single sentence rooted me to the spot.
By the time I finished giving my statement, it was already three in the morning.
I wandered down the desert
