Miriam was working with Rabbi Mandelbaum and now he had the ring. I'd been played, plain and simple. Miriam had told me precisely what I'd wanted to hear, and I'd been so sure of myself that it hadn't occurred to me that I could be tricked.

I pinged Sienna over and over again until she arrived, staring at me stonily.

"I need your help," I said.

Her demeanor grew more despondent as I explained about Miriam and losing the ring.

She sank down onto a park ...