She shrugged causally, “I was wearing them when I ran. I realized I had them in when I got back to the States.”
“Considering you told me the number of financial issues you’ve had I would have thought you would have sold or pawned them.” He smiled as he recalled the day, he’d presented her the gift of diamond earrings. He had found her lying poolside in a tiny black bikini and he had dived in one end and come out right near her, splashing her and making her squeal. His apology had been to put the box he’d clutched in his hand on her bare tummy.
“I couldn’t sell them. They meant everything to me.”
“Why?” He pushed her to remember.
She fought the little smile, “you gave them to me for no reason.”
Her answer surprised him. She wasn’t wrong. He had seen them when going through a haul from
