The Bride Who Cancelled the Wedding

To send me off in style, my mother had taken my grandmother's heirloom jade set out of the safe just for me—the necklace, the earrings, and the bracelet, all three pieces.

But on the morning of the wedding, the jade jewelry I'd left in my drawer was simply gone.

My mother was frantic, ready to call the police.

It wasn't only the jade's steep value. It carried a special meaning too.

Just as my father decided to call the police as well, I suddenly remembered how Dick Gilbert had gone on and on about my jade the day before.

"Mom, Dad, hold off on the police. Let me ask Dick first."