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"What? You think they won’t accept it as payment?" She looked at him with worried, almost innocent eyes.

Elliot gazed deep into those eyes. She seemed sincere, no tricks or deception.

He was growing more convinced that this wasn’t his original wife, and now it was painfully clear that this woman—identical to Rossella—had no knowledge of his secret.

"Yes, I think it will work."

He extended his hand, hesitantly, half-expecting her to change her mind at the last second. His heart skipped a beat when she placed the magical pendant in his palm.

"Well then, I’ll leave it in your care."

"Isn’t this important to you?" he probed, but he quickly tucked it away.

He had no intention of giving it up again. In fact, he would destroy it completely.

"Not really. I think it belonged to my mother, but I never even met her. Either way, the living have to find a way to keep going," Katherine said, shrugging off the matter without a second thought.

She had no idea she had just handed over the onl