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"Dare I ask, how much this cost?" asked Vera.
"Brace yourself," warned Charlie. "It's a sixteen carat, flawless
diamond, and Adam paid over a million dollars for it."
Vera closed her eyes in shock and quickly handed it back to Charlie. Holding that
much money made her nervous.
"He had it inscribed," revealed Charlie, turning the inside of the band
into the light so Vera could read it.
"He must love you very much, Pumpkin," reflected her grandmother.
"I know he does," smiled Charlie, putting it back on her finger.
"If he loved me any less, I'd ask him to get me a smaller diamond. But, you
should have heard him, tonight, Grandma. He was so happy that I liked it! He said
it was a small expression of the great love he has for me."
"It's the most beautiful stone and setting that I've ever seen," admitted
Vera. "It'll take some getting used to, though."
"I'm so happy!" exclaimed Maggie, hugging her young friend. "Why can't
we always be this happy?!"
Later that night, as Charlie got ready for bed, she took off her engagement ring
and carefully placed it inside the ornate wooden music box Adam had given her, and
set it on the night stand beside her bed. She knew she was happier than she deserved
to be, but with the bliss came an unsettling premonition of trouble: this ring was
going to cause waves.
"And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and
they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her."
~ Genesis 29:20 ~
"A gift [the engagement ring] is as a precious stone in the eyes of [her] that
hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth [shimmers and sparkles]."
~ Proverbs 17:8 ~
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