The freezing water swallowed Rosamond inch by inch. Just as her lungs were about to give out, someone hauled her to the surface.
She barely had time to gasp before Bryce's palm cracked across her face.
"Rosamond, you've gone too far! You know Olympia can't swim, and you pushed her in? Are you trying to kill her?!"
Olympia sobbed in Bryce's arms, her voice thin and trembling.
"Bryce, please don't blame Attorney Henson. It's my fault. I shouldn't have shown my face around her and upset her..."
Cold seeped through every cell in Rosamond's body. She was shaking so hard she could barely form words.
"I didn't push her. She threw my grandmother's bracelet into the pool. I went in to find it."
"I don't know why she ended up in the water."
Before she could finish, Olympia cut in.
"Attorney Henson, I know you don't like me, but you can't just make things up like this."
"Bryce already promised to return the bracelet to you. Why would I throw it away right in front of you?"
The crowd was buying every word. Rosamond pressed on, desperate.
"She really threw it in. Send someone down to look. If it's not there, I'll apologize to her on the spot."
She turned to find a staff member.
Bryce stopped her.