After 40 years
After 40 years of wearing my wedding ring, I figured it was time to have it professionally cleaned. The jeweler examined it closely, his brow furrowing as he turned it over in his hands.
Then, he glanced up at me with an unsettling look. “You shouldn’t have this,” he muttered, his voice tense.
My pulse quickened, confused by the sudden shift in the room’s atmosphere…