see it?”
Silence.
I called Eleanor Shiao.
“Darling,” she said. “How did your morning go?”
I kept my eyes on her son.
“Did you receive the white watch I chose for your birthday?”
A pause.
“What white watch?”
Shiaoza turned away.
Something inside me broke cleanly.
When I ended the call, he said, “I can explain.”
“Then explain.”
“Jang has been under enormous pressure. I gave it to her as a bonus.”
“A sixty-thousand-dollar bonus?”
“It wasn’t like that.”
“Then what was it like?”
He stared at me.
“I have
