A thousand thoughts flashed through my head in a single second, and in every one of them Flávia knew the ring Carly had shown her was mine.

Carly narrowed her eyes. Carly’s breathing quickened. Her cheeks turned red.

“Shall we see the rooms?” Flávia asked, as if she had said nothing at all, and Flávia opened the door with her right hand. “This is Jimi’s room.”

There was a single full-length blind covering the windows. The marble floor was white. A discreet air purifier stood in ...