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“My friend had soned,” Elle said “He tweaked it to lookover the e to my friend and he inserted her in the stuff he already had It’s rough—it wouldn’t stand up to examination of any kind But if you sent it froenuine”

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??Just to be safe,” Julia said, ht it would be best if Gran could also produce a piece of gold as evidence” She took a deep breath “So I went through her contact list and hit upon a local dealer He has a s it for me here in town”

“When did you arrange that?” Joe asked

She blushed, thinking about how she’d spentin Cusco “I called froht” She tapped her iPad and an iet Gran to dirty it up and tarnish it a little Right now it looks too polished to have been living in a cave for centuries Gran’s an art expert; she’ll knohat to do to make it believable”

“The dealer sent photos and we inserted it in the video we e, to prove it’s real”

“You borrowed a solid gold antique?” Callum was clearly sceptical

Julia shuffled as she stared at her iPad “I, uht it”

“What?” Elle snapped “I thought this was so”

“You have that kind of money?” Ed said

Julia cleared her throat “I called Rachel and asked her for a loan”

There was a stunned silence

“Let ht,” Ryan said “You called the Queen of Darkness and asked her to buy you a gold statue? One you intend to hand over to a cartel boss And she said yes?”

“I told her Gran would reimburse her I would have asked Gran, but I didn’t want her in on the plan”

Ryan held up a hand “Stop I’m still stuck on the part where you dared to call the Queen of Darkness”