I thought the worst part of that night would always be the restaurant, the way his face hardened like I’d asked for something cheap instead of a promise. It wasn’t. The worst part came hours later, in the blue light of the screen, when one memory after another rose up like evidence against the life I thought I had: his mother at Christmas, telling me gently that when I was ready, she hoped I’d “let” David make things official; his sister on Thanksgiving, squeezing my hand and calling me lucky that he was so patient. Patient—with me. The woman who had asked, quietly and carefully, for years. When Elaine finally whispered, over the phone, he told us you were the one who didn’t want to get married, I felt something under my ribs tear cleanly. And when she told me about the ring he’d taken to Maine—the heirloom diamond he’d carried in his luggage and then hidden in a drawer while telling everyone I’d pan… Continues…
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