Diane already knew, of course, but she still cried happy tears when Ivy called the next morning, holding her hand up to the video screen so her mother could see the ring properly glinting in the morning light.
"I'm so happy for you," Diane said, wiping at her eyes. "Your father would have been over the moon, watching this. He always said he couldn't wait to walk you down the aisle someday."
"I wish he could be here for it." Ivy's voice caught slightly, old grief mixing gently with new joy.
"He will be, in his own way. I believe that completely." Diane smiled through her tears. "Now tell me everything. How did he ask? Where? I want every single detail."
At the office the following Monday, word spread quickly once Marcus noticed the ring during their usual morning coffee run.
"No way."
