Finally, Violet slid out the package. It was a small black box. Her stomach churned. There were some jewellery items inside that box, and jewelry meant a level of emotional commitment that she was unprepared for. Some part of her wanted to drop that box and run away, but there was no way she could do that to Ryan. He was watching her so eagerly that Violet forced a smile onto her face.
She opened the lid of the box and stared down at the heart-shaped pendant with a chain. She knew that the locket had not cost much, but at the same time, it was worth everything.
"Oh, Ryan," Violet said. "You shouldn't have."
Violet had grown up seeing the heart pendant around the neck of Ryan's mother. When Violet was younger, she had thought it was the prettiest thing she had ever seen. She used to turn
