Chapter 5

The next day after lunch, Eleanor went to the Hamptons. She brought with her a set of extremely rare pink diamond jewelry—a gift from William's mother, the fastidious old Mrs. Vance, when Eleanor and William married. It was supposed to be a token passed down to the next matriarch of the Vance family.

Unfortunately, the Vance couple had flown to Switzerland for a ski vacation early that morning. El