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“Don’t you want to see what’s in the box?” Anthony made the little velvet box dance in his palm to the rhythm of the music, bouncing it around to make it hard for me to grab. But I did get hold of it.

I bit my lower lip and slowly opened it on its silent hinge. There they were. The platinum wedding bands we picked out. Our wedding bands. Simple, smooth, unadorned platinum. Traditional and elegant. None of those “it opens up into a timepiece” gadgets or Black Hills gold tricolored rings various mail jewelers tried to push on us. No diamond channel set for me. No birthstones or laser etchings in a lace pattern. No dual-tone metals with a gold edge in case gold jewelry comes back into style. We went simple. Beautiful.

I pulled mine from its slot and held it at an angle. And it was there. The inscription Anthony kept secret from me when he ordered it: E.—Forever—Love A.

And that was the first time I had cried in days. The first time I had cried tears of joy in months…