Nancy
“Now what are you worried about?” my best friend Janice demanded.
She and I were standing in the kitchen each having a glass of Malbec while my step-daughter and her friends got ready for the big Homecoming dance. Waverly Davenport was in the living room with them, so I got out of the way. When Waverly Davenport took over as den mother, everyone else became her children, no matter what age.
“Alex Chambers just gave Melody a ring that belonged to his grandmother.” I swallowed another mouthful of wine.
“Was it an engagement ring?”
“No. I heard him say it wasn’t. That boy is a little old-school, so it’s probably a promise ring.”
Janice snorted. “Promising what?”
“Marriage,” I replied, making my best friend choke on her wine. I rubbed her back. “It’s a precursor to an engagement r
