The Long Con
Finally, Jason came back to the house to face Bourdin. Even then, Bourdin described Jason as "standoffish." In front of his family, Jason felt pressured to hug Bourdin. He invited Bourdin inside alone and handed him a gift: a gold cross necklace.
"It was like he had to give it to me," Bourdin said. Jason clasped the necklace around Bourdin's neck, said goodbye, and never came back.
For the first time, Bourdin grew suspicious of Jason, despite the fact that Bourdin himself was the fraud. "It was clear that Jason knew what had happened to Nicholas," he said.
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