Jake’s POV
I went to the safe, opened it, and took out the tanzanite gem. Under the bright lights, the stone shimmered brilliantly.
After hesitating, I took a photo of it and opened my chat with Angela. Usually, I’d send a mind-link, but today I wanted to share this photograph with her.
I typed out the following message: “Here’s the tanzanite gem you liked so much.”
After typing it out, I felt a little foolish, and immediately erased everything. I remembered back then, she wanted to buy it because if she had conceived in March, the due date would’ve been in late December, and this gem would’ve been the pup’s birthstone. But it suddenly occurred to me — we had no pup together.
Everything from that night flashed before my eyes again: her smile, her kiss, the mole on her chest where
