The embrace and shock
Bella's Point of View
The car hummed softly as we drove away from James Liam's house, his words replaying in my head like a broken record.
"You have to find what this unlocks," he had said, his tone urgent, his gaze piercing. "Only then will you find the file."
My fingers toyed with the small pendant hanging from the chain around my neck. The necklace had been with me for as long as I could remember. My father gave it to me on my sixth birthday, one of the most joyful days of my life and the last celebration day with my father, and the day before he... died. I clenched the pendant tighter. It wasn't just jewelry; it was a piece of him, a reminder of everything I had lost.
"Where would he have hidden the file?" I whispered to myself.
Jonathan's voice snapped me out of my thoughts.
" The necklace was beautiful, no one will knows it carries a great purpose" he said