"Where was the gold stored?" the judge asked.
"In the safe at the apartment," Tessa said. "Claire took the safe."
The judge looked at me.
"Tessa never gave me any gold," I said.
That was the truth.
The movers had transported the safe. What was inside remained unknown to me until it was discovered during a later inventory.
Olivia didn't look at me. One reason we worked so well together was that she never asked a question when she didn't want to hear the answer.
She questioned only Tessa.
"Did you see the gold yourself?"
"Yes. I helped Gavin put it in the safe."
"Do you have a record of the purchase?"
"Gavin had it."
"He left no such record. Do you have payment records?"
"He ran the purchases through several companies' financial accounts."
"Which companies?"
Tessa couldn't ans
