She Was Accused of Stealing the Heirloom — Then the Boy Spoke
She was dragged out of the Aldridge estate accused of stealing a priceless heirloom… But the accuser was the matriarch who had hidden the jewel herself. “You took it,” Eleanor Aldridge said, flat as a verdict. Lucia froze with the soup ladle in her hand. “I—Mrs. Aldridge, I swear, I didn’t touch anything.” “No lies.”…