Chapter 1

After our housekeeper Shanna threw away the ring I'd custom-made for my husband, she dropped to her knees sobbing and apologizing:

"Mrs. Whitmore, I thought it was just an empty box. I had no idea there was a ring inside. I know I'm poor—my worthless life isn't worth one of your rings. Please don't hold this against me."

I forgave her and helped her dig through our household trash to find the ring.

The next day, when my husband Blake Whitmore returned from his late-night business trip, he said he wanted to take me somewhere special and mysteriously blindfolded me.

He'd always loved surprising me, so I thought this was just another one.

I never expected him to use a helicopter to drop me in a landfill containing 100 tons of garbage.

That housekeeper sat provocatively beside him in the helicopter.

Blake glared at me coldly:

"Do you realize that because you made Shanna dig through the trash, she lost the only bracelet her mother left her!"

"You like digging through trash so much? Today I'll let you dig to your heart's content! Don't even think about leaving until you find Shanna's mother's keepsake!"

In the sweltering summer heat, the nauseating stench made me retch continuously.

These two had really crossed the line! In fury, I fired a signal flare at his helicopter!