Jacqueline’s eyes flashed as she answered, “It’s a pendant.”

“What kind of pendant? Ms. Graham, can you describe it?” queried Natalie with a mockery look on her face.

Upon seeing that, Shane guessed something was strange about the pendant. His face darkened as he inquired, “Jacqueline, what did you give Natalie?”

“I…” Jacqueline gripped her fork tightly and stammered.

Natalie couldn’t wait for the former to finish her sentence. Hence, she sneered, “You can’t tell, right? I’ll do the honors. She gave me a mouse pendant.”

“Mouse pendant?” Shane’s brows were knitted tightly into a deep frown upon hearing that. “Jacqueline, why did you give Natalie a mouse pendant?”

Jacqueline lowered her head and replied, “B-Because… M-Ms. Smith was born in the Year of the Mouse. S-So…”

Natalie stared at the former and said, “I’m happy if you give me a mouse pendant because of the year I was born because those accessories were usually cute. But the mouse pendant that you gave me was Professor Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective, an infamous criminal. Obviously, it was custom-made. So, what are you implying?”

Having heard that, Shane understood what had happened.

Jacqueline gave Natalie a custom-made mouse accessory, but the mouse did not look cute. It looked like Professor Ratigan, who was an infamous criminal.

 

In other words, Jacqueline gave Natalie the pendant to imply that the latter was a thief.

the temperature around him seemed to decrease

 

asked Shane

finish eating, Natalie patted Connor on his shoulder, signaling for

to let the children know about

icy tone, Jacqueline’s eyes

her the mouse pendant. Last time you did

seeing Shane’s response. Her tears fell even more at that moment. “Shane, don’t be mad at

hand and said, “Enough! This is the second time I found you target Natalie. There won’t be a third time. You’d do well to remember that. If such a thing happens again, move

that, he held Natalie’s hand to lead

was only Jacqueline in

kept her head low to hide

about the

patience towards her would slowly wear off by her own doings. That was not a

Natalie and Shane had

Shane and said,

his lips. “Do you think I am

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