"What's it gonna be, a new castle?" she asked, a little giddily. She cracked the box open to see the fire opal catch another sunbeam.

Throwing it could wait until she'd had her fill of looking at the pretty thing. Maybe even could wait for until she'd had her fill of wearing it where everyone could see and exclaim over it.

"You're gonna be lucky if my brother doesn't take this out of your pay!"