Chapter 93

• Things happened quickly after that. The police arrived. And then the FBI. Everyone in the building was detained. All things considered, the guests took it surprisingly well. The caterers brought out more food. The band continued to play. The party atmosphere remained. People seemed thrilled to be on-site for the most glamorous of all possible crimes: a diamond heist.
• Perhaps it was understandable. A robbery this bold and daring that had taken place just a few floors away from a party with hundreds of guests—it was the stuff of legends. It would be big news in Quinley. The guests here tonight would dine out on this story for years.
• Candace, however, didn’t feel quite so titillated. After all, somehow, her stupid, gullible brother had been roped into this mess. Of all the idiotic stunts one could be involved with, this really took the cake. And to think, she'd spent so much time complaining about Michelle.