“I heard you and Jamie talking about it once. I didn’t hear why your mum threw it away though?”

She took in a steady breath. “She didn’t throw it away. The ring was mine but it was never given to me. When my grandma, grandma Carlin, well before she died, she said this ring was mine. She didn’t have any little girls so it was mine. And when I fall in love and have my own little girl or granddaughter, I have to give it to her. When I was fifteen, grandma died. Mum wanted her to get buried in it, but granddad wouldn’t let her. It’s been in my family for centuries.” She smiled at her grandma’s memory. “Well Mum already hated me for everything that was happening, you know, with Laura and stuff.” She was quiet again.

“It’s okay.”

“We needed some money. Mum got fired and Dad’s job wasn’t enough to cover expenses. This was another reason for coming to L.A. Selling the house was useless, it wasn’t enough. We didn’t have anything worth a lot. Then Mum saw the ring. She took my ring and Glen’s diamond bracelet that grandpa gave him. I know it’s not the best sob story in the world, and it probably doesn’t mean much to you but every since she told me it was mine I dreamt of having a girl of my own to give this to her. And I know it’s not the same one, but it’s exactly the same. How did you get it perfect?” She looked at me and I just shrugged. “Well thank you. Ash, you really don’t know how much this means to me.” She laughed. “You know how much Mum sold them both for?”

“Fifteen thousand dollars for the ring. I don’t know how much for the bracelet.” I whispered softly.

She sharply looked at me. “Wait how di-”

“Look at the engraving inside it.” She looked inside it and welled up with tears. There, rough engraving, probably hand done, was A. McCallen. 1904. “Addison McCallen. Born 1884. Died 1920. Originated from Northern Ireland. Married 1904 to American traveller Thomas Taylor. Soon to be Addison Taylor. This is the ring he purposed to her with.”

Spencer was stunned. “How did you get this? How do you know that?”

“How did I know that? It’s amazing what you can find out on the internet Spence.” I joked and she chuckled slightly. “As for how I got it. Mum was in an auction shop. Your Mum sold the ring straight to her and she came back with it. I don’t know why she kept it. She valued it at just under thirty thousand. Apparently engraving takes quite a bit off the price tag. I didn’t really care enough about it until I heard you talking about it.”

Still stunned, Spencer look back over to me, tears still threatening to spill. She leant up and kissed me, I don’t think she could speak yet. “I love you.” She said softly. I couldn’t say it back, it wouldn’t sound right, so I just did what I could. I kissed her with all I had.

Paula Carlin, I can’t wait to meet you.