"They won't care," Rachel said. "Max went to jail for ten years and he completely destroyed their business operations. His death won't matter to anyone in that family. I made it look like he sold them out. In fact, I hoped he'd die in prison, that one of them would kill him, but somehow that didn't happen. Max always seemed to come out on top."

"Well, he didn't today," Kade said.

"Thanks to you," Rachel said.

"We don't want the stones," my mother put in. "We'd happily give them up if we could finally be free."

"Then give them up," I said.

"It's not that easy," Rachel said. "If I come clean to the police, I might take Laura down with me. She wasn't at the robbery, but she helped me hide everything, and she was with me in New Orleans when I killed Jonah. I don't want to see her go to jail for my crimes. I don't want her to lose you again because of me, but that could happen."

She made a good point. I didn't feel emotionally connected to Rachel. In fact, if I felt anything, it was dislike and anger, but my mom…I really didn't want to see her go to jail. I saw the worry in both of their eyes—eyes that looked exactly like mine. How on earth could I turn in my mother and aunt?

"The police don't know that I found the jewelry," I said slowly. "All they have is the box of photos, the postcards and the cash. None of that ties you to the robbery. The cash could have come from anywhere. I don't want you to have to run away again. But I also don't want to hang onto stolen jewels. I think we should get them back to James Holden. I know you don't think he got them legally, Rachel, but two wrongs don't make a right. My mom once taught me that."

Laura's eyes brimmed with tears at my words. "I wanted to be a good role model for you, but I wasn't."

I turned to Kade. "What do you think? Your father died during the robbery. It's as much your call as it is mine."

Kade didn't answer right away. Finally, he said. "We'll send the jewels back to Holden anonymously. Then this will be over. My father's murderer is dead. Rachel did some good trying to tear apart Max Davino's criminal enterprise. I don't think anyone has to run again."