"Thanks," she muttered distracted, chewing down on her lower lip.

"What did it look like? The necklace, I mean." My question made her go quiet for a moment and in utter silence, Elaine led me to the patio so I was sitting down on the marble.

"It was crescent-shaped, made of silver and I-I always wore it." She then gulped. "My mom gave it to me; it was always with me ever since I was a little kid of just ten years."

"Oh," was all I could manage to say for a minute. Audra had told me about her ...