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It was certainly mine

"Is that a blue topaz?" I asked

He squinted at the ring in question "Aquaain as Danny leaned over to open the case Nothing fro stirred in the pit of my stomach

Danny cleared his throat, and I realized he was holding out the ring for"How e Me had let it go for a hundred

I took the ring and held it up to the light "Do you have an appraisal?"

He snorted "Hello You’re in a pawnshop"

"Who sold it to you?" I asked

"We have a privacy policy"

I didn’t budge

He looked froain "Two hundred"

"Is that how much you paid for it?"

"Two That’s the price"

"Fine" I dug around infor ain My heart did a flip when I saw Poe’s nae

Help

You knew you were in deep when someone who could teleport needed an escape plan

"Uh-oh"

Danny raised his eyebrows

"My …

I flipped throughsche to think of all the places Poe could be

Danny took the ring out ofyour date at a pawnshop?"

"I have a busy schedule"

I watched a red light flash in the reflection frolasses I kneas fro, observing the happenings in the front of the shop The blinking light was a sign that there was trouble in the back What had Poe gotten hiestured toward it when he began to put it back in the case "Your sign says, ‘Open twenty-four hours,’ and the ring--"

"We’ll be open again at ten AM" His voice was firm "Come back then"

I huffed "Your custoeestion box Outside"

My cell screen lit up the inside of my purse: