I turn in gasp. The evergreen was full of lights. No spot in the tree is without light and I am almost blinded by it. That wasn’t what surprises me. What surprises me it what he is dangling in front of me. He is dangling a necklace with the heart that is the same shape as the one on my ring.

“I saw this and remembered it matches your ring. Do you like it?â€?

“I love it,â€? I say sweetly.

“Want me to but it on?â€?

“Ya.â€?