Chapter 707 Call an Ambulance

"Hmm? What is it?" Emelie extended her hand. Samuel then placed his clenched fist over her palm and slowly opened it. Something fell into Emelie's hand. She looked down to see a fine necklace lying there. "It's a gift for you," Samuel said. "This was meant to be part of your sister's dowry." Emelie hesitated to accept it, but Samuel asked, "Did you see this necklace among the ones I asked you to choose from earlier?" Emelie examined the necklace closely. It was a fine chain with an intricately crafted pendant. Indeed, this particular piece wasn't among the jewelry she had just picked from. Samuel added softly, "That's because I bought this one just for you." Emelie's eyes lingered on the pendant. "It's a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis, isn't it?" The pendant depicted a butterfly in the midst of breaking free from its cocoon, frozen in the moment of its transformation. Samuel smiled. "Yes, when I first saw it, I knew it would be perfect for you." Emelie, after all, was a