The next day, a guest arrived at the Lowen Clubhouse. Jerome Russell had come from Holy City specifically to deliver a jade bracelet of imperial green jadeite to Xaviera Evans, and explained, "This is the jade bracelet worn by the Russell family lineage. Both my father and your mother had one. My father's was passed on to Albert, so naturally, this one from my aunt should go to you."
Jerome's older brother, Julian Russell, was the son of Frederick Russell and the third-ranked young master of the Russell family, and the "aunt" Jerome referred to was Nina Hughes.
If this was an heirloom from her mother, Xaviera had no reason to refuse. She carefully examined the jadeite bracelet, which had a distinctive pattern carved upon it.
Of the three Russell siblings, only Uncle Frederick and her mother had bracelets. As it turned out, Nidya Hughes did not have one. The fact that the other bracelet was with Julian indicated that the Russell family considered her and Julian as potential heirs.
