“Jeremy, why do you have this in your pocket?”
Madeline brought the earring in front of Jeremy. Of course, she was not suspicious nor was she questioning him. She just felt that this was a little strange.
When Jeremy saw the earring, his mind went straight to Shirley.
He figured that it had fallen into his pocket when he brought Shirley into the car.
Jeremy did not know how he should dodge the question. He figured Madeline would not believe any excuses as to why he had a piece of woman’s jew