“Wow. This is nice.” I run my fingers cautiously over the bracelet, then reach in again and retrieve two chandelier earrings.
Caught up among the knotted strands of gold is a ring, and after a bit of careful unweaving I manage to untangle it.
There's a general intake of breath. Someone whispers, “Oh my God.”
I'm holding a huge, shiny, diamond solitaire ring.
The type you get in movies. The type you see on navy-?blue velvet in jewelers' windows with no price tag. At last I tear my gaze away and see that both nurses are riveted too. “Hey!” Nicole suddenly exclaims.
“There's something else. Hold out your hand, Olivia ” She tips up the bag and taps the corner. There's a moment's stillnessthen out onto my palm falls a plain gold band.
There's a kind of rushing in my ears as I stare down
