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"""Take everything on the list. Don't leave a single thing behind."" I stood in the entryway, giving instructions to the six movers in matching uniforms behind me. They were pros, each holding a copy of the inventory list I'd printed three days ago. They quickly spread out and started packing everything up, fast and organized. Ian Rowe burst out of the bedroom, his hair a mess and his shirt buttoned up wrong. ""Claire! Are you out of your mind?"" he yelled. Behind him, a woman wearing my pajamas peeked out, her makeup only half removed and smeared across her face. Nina Swan. Ian's college sweetheart. I didn't even spare her a glance. My eyes were fixed on the Patek Philippe on Ian's wrist, the one I'd given him for his birthday last year. ""Take off the watch,"" I said. ""What?"" Ian blurted out. I read from the list, ""Item number forty-seven: Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711, purchased by Claire Sutton. That watch cost 230,000 dollars. I paid for it. Take it off, now."" Ian instinctively covered his wrist, his face flushing red. ""Annie, let me explain..."" he started."