Sydney smiled mockingly before taking the key that Grandma had given her, trying it out door by door.
Finally, she succeeded in opening the door of the utility room.
Well, everything remotely valuable in the entire villa had been sold by her stepmother and sister, so it was obvious that there would not be anything in the rooms other than the utility room.
When Sydney pushed open the door, a cloud of dust drifted to her face.
She quickly covered her nose and mouth, stepping back while fanning the air in front of her with a hand.
After fanning for a while, the dust in the air finally settled down, and Sydney lowered her hand from her nose and turned on the light.
"Geez!" She felt a headache when she saw the cobwebbed and messy utility room.
How was she supposed to find the item among so many things?
She was tempted to give up.
However, in the end, Sydney still sighed and steeled herself, rummaging through the items. After all, she was already here. If she did not look for it this time, she would have to come back another time.
After a thorough search, Sydney's hair, clothes, and face were caked with dust. She looked like a dirty little kitten.
Fortunately, she found a box that probably contained the necklace that Grandma mentioned.
It was a small leather case without a lock. Sydney opened it easily.
There were many things inside. It was filled with knick-knacks such as lipstick and foundation from over a decade ago. There were also earrings, bracelets, and so on.
Sydney rummaged around and finally found a necklace.
"Is it this one?" She lifted the necklace and tilted her head to take a closer look.
This was the only necklace in the entire utility room, so it should be this one.
However, what secret was hidden in this dusty necklace?
Sydney lowered the necklace in confusion and poked the carnelian gem on it.
Suddenly, she narrowed her eyes suspiciously and found that the style of this necklace was very familiar. It was as if she had seen it somewhere before.
Where?
Sydney lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment
before her eyes suddenly widened. "Mrs. Madden!"
Yes, it was Mrs. Madden. She saw it around Mrs. Madden's neck before.
The necklace Mrs. Madden was wearing was very similar in style to the one in Sydney's hand. At that time, she thought that Mrs. Madden wore such an old-fashioned and dull necklace because she felt sentimental about the past.
Now, it seemed like Mrs. Madden wore that necklace not only because of nostalgia. There should be another reason.
Sydney wondered what Mrs. Madden's necklace had to do with the necklace in her hand now.
It was impossible that they just looked similar. The letters DT were engraved on the back of the pendant.
DT was the world's top luxury brand, and all the jewelry they sold was one-of-a-kind. It was impossible for two similar styled necklaces to appear at the same time. Thus, either one of these two necklaces was fake and not made by DT, or it was a highly authentic imitation.
Otherwise, the two necklaces were related.
At that thought, Sydney put the necklace in her bag and quickly left the villa.
Half an hour later, she arrived at the mall and walked into a DT jewelry store.
"Hello, Miss. What may I do for you?" the lady at the
counter smiled and asked.
Sydney took out the necklace. "I want to ask if this necklace was made by your brand."
The clerk took the necklace, looked at it carefully for a while, and smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry, Miss. This necklace looks like it's from several years ago, so I'm not sure if it's from our brand either. How about this? Please give me a moment. I'll call my manager to have a look for you."
"Alright." Sydney nodded.
The clerk poured her a cup of coffee and went to the back to find the store manager.
Sydney picked up the coffee and sipped it, waiting patiently.
After about ten minutes, the clerk from before came out with the manager.
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