Olympia held the bracelet out to Rosamond with a careless flick of her wrist.
Rosamond's eyes lit up. She reached for it.
The next second, Olympia yanked her hand back and flung the bracelet into the pool.
It hit the water with a small splash, sending ripples fanning outward.
Rosamond froze for half a heartbeat, then threw herself in after it.
She'd forgotten she couldn't swim.
Olympia watched Rosamond thrashing in the water and turned to leave.
But a shout rang out from somewhere behind her. Her eyes darted, calculating, and she jumped in after her.
The freezing water swallowed Rosamond inch by inch. Just as her lungs were about to give out, someone hauled her to the surface.
She barely had time to gasp before Bryce's palm cracked across her face.
"Rosamond, you've gone too far! You know Olympia can't swim, and you pushed her in? Are you trying to kill her?!"
Olympia sobbed in Bryce's arms, her voice thin and trembling.
"Bryce, please don't blame Attorney Henson. It's my fault. I shouldn't have shown my face around her and upset her..."
Cold seeped through every cell in Rosamond's body. She was shaking so hard she could barely form words.
"I didn't push her. She threw my grandmother's bracelet into the pool. I went in to find it."
"I don't know why she ended up in the water."
Before she could finish, Olympia cut in.
"Attorney Henson, I know you don't like me, but you can't just make things up like this."
"Bryce already promised to return the bracelet to you. Why would I throw it away right in front of you?"
The crowd was buying every word. Rosamond pressed on, desperate.
"She really threw it in. Send someone down to look. If it's not there, I'll apologize to her on the spot."
She turned to find a staff member.
Bryce stopped her.
"Rosamond, when did you become such a liar?"
Something cracked inside her. Even someone as strong as Rosamond felt the sting of being accused again and again of things she hadn't done.
"Bryce, I have never lied. If you don't believe me, just wait until I get the bracelet out of the water..."
The words died on her lips. She stood frozen, staring, the shock plain on her face.
Because Bryce had just pulled her grandmother's bracelet from his jacket pocket.
He looked at her, his expression heavy with disgust.
"This is your grandmother's bracelet, isn't it?"