"That is not how we handle things."
"You never take my side!"
Sienna stepped forward, her expression arranged into something soft and wounded. "She was only trying to protect her father. She's just a child-"
"Don't." Jasper turned on her, and the look in his eyes made her go still. "What's the deal with that brooch? It's from the shop you took me to."
"A synthetic stone, Sienna. Phineas identified it in thirty seconds. In front of everyone." His voice was very quiet. "I spent a significant amount of money on a fake, and I handed it to Eleanor Everett in front of half the city's elite. Do you understand what tonight cost me? Not just the money. The money I don't care about. The rest of it-"
"I didn't know it was fake." Her chin lifted. "I'm not a gemologist. How was I supposed to-
