Sebastian closed his eyes. His mind drifted away to painful memories from years ago.

The day it all went to hell. That goddamn Tuesday!

He had left the office early for once. Traffic had been hell, but he didn’t care. Tucked inside his inner coat pocket was a small, velvet box—not the one he kept in his drawer now, but the original one, from the high-end jeweler downtown. The necklace inside had taken weeks to design. White diamonds cascading like falling stars, threaded with icy-blue ...