Lieutenant Elton said, “I found this in the sink.” He was holding up a bloodstained butcher knife by the edge of the blade.
“It hasn’t been washed. I think we’re going to get some prints.”
Kostoff, the second detective, came in from the bedroom and hurried into the kitchen.
He was holding an emerald ring, mounted with diamonds. “I found this in a jewelry box in the bedroom.
It fits the description we got from Quebec of the ring that Jean Claude Parent gave to Toni Prescott.”
The three men were looking at one another. “This doesn’t make any sense,” the sheriff said.
Gingerly, he took the butcher knife and the ring and walked back into the living room.
He held out the knife and said, “Miss Patterson, is this your knife?” Ashley looked at it.
“I... Yes. It could be. Why?” Sheriff Dowling held out the ring.
“Have you ever seen this ring before?” Ashley looked at it and shook her head. “No.”
“We found it in your jewelry box.” They watched her expression. She was completely bewildered.
She whispered, “I... Someone must have put it there....” “Who would do a thing like that?”
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