She slipped the bracelet directly onto Caroline's wrist.
"Carrie, this makes your skin look so fair. Perfect as a first-meeting gift!"
My head went boom. I rushed over and grabbed Mom's wrist.
"That's my engagement token! What are you doing?!"
Mom shoved me back.
"What are you yelling for? Your fiancé sent this to show respect to us!"
"Once it comes through this door, it belongs to the Colemans! I'm your mother—what's wrong with giving some to your sister?"
Caroline shielded the bracelet.
"Georgia, you're way too stingy. Colin has so much money—he'll buy you more later."
"So what if I want this one?"
The shove sent my lower back slamming into the table corner. I sucked in air through my teeth.
Three hundred thousand dollars on the floor, completely ignored. But three pieces of gold in my hands? Suddenly family property.
I took a deep breath.
"Everything Colin gives is registered."
"If I'm not wearing this set at the engagement banquet, he'll report it stolen."
"Mom, you don't want Caroline dragged to the police station the moment she gets back, do you?"
Mom's expression shifted. She yanked the bracelet off Caroline's wrist and threw it back in the box.