Chapter 46

DREXON My eyes trail Luneth as one of the staff takes her into the inner room to get some diamonds. I had begged the manager for a favour; she had to keep Luneth occupied while I talked to her, and maybe Maljore would show up. She was weird like that. "I never thought I'd see you back in this city again," the woman said with a smile on her face. "When I heard that you broke up with Maljore, I was a bit disappointed," she added. "She broke it off with me," I say, and the woman seems to think I am lying. She does not utter a word, but her body language tells me all I need to know. "But she told you that I broke it off with her, didn't she?" I ask. She does not respond, but I seem to have my answer. "Did she happen to come by?" I ask, trying to make sure I ask all I want to before Luneth emerges with her buy. "Recently," I added, because Maljore was the kind of woman who bought jewellery because she wanted to. Sometimes she would buy something she had bought before; she was obsessed with