mind immediately went somewhere terrible.
If they had the ring, they knew something about her.
Maybe they knew exactly where she was.
Jett opened his office and pulled up the restaurant security footage.
We watched table twelve.
At first, everything looked ordinary.
Then the woman opened her purse.
She searched around inside and pulled something out.
As she withdrew her hand, a tiny object caught against the purse clasp.
The ring.
It slipped from her fingers.
Neither of them noticed.
It landed on the seat, rolled toward the wall, and