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to his word and she had been devastated. And
every moment of every day since she had been home she had tried not to think
about him, tried not to cry, tried not to miss him, and she had failed
miserably. And now he shows up and leaves a Tiffany box? Yes, perhaps a little
annoyed and incredibly confused.
    She pulled on the ribbon and untied the bow and removed it
from the box. Slowly she lifted the lid to reveal a silver bracelet with the
little Tiffany’s heart hanging from it. It was beautiful! She softly touched
the links and lifted it from the box’s velvet lining. There was something else
hanging from one of the links. She turned the bracelet over in her hand and
found a small silver apple dangling with the heart.
    “The big apple,” she said as she caressed the charm. What an
extremely beautiful gift. So thoughtful . Something Matt would do! Janie
closed her fingers around the bracelet, feeling the weight in her hand. She had
told him that every girl wanted to open a blue Tiffany’s box and here he had
given her exactly what she had asked for; an exquisitely lovely piece of
jewelry, one that had probably cost a bundle. He can afford it , she
mused.
    The gift was thoughtful and sweet and Janie was touched that
he had remembered her comment in the middle of a phone conversation. He had
paid attention and had tried to do something nice. However, she was more
confused now than before.
    Should I call him? What do I do? What does this mean?
    *****
    Matt was wearing out the carpet in his hotel suite in a
circular pattern around the sofa; back and forth and around and around, unable
to sit still. He couldn’t take much more waiting. He was not a patient man and
this waiting was driving him crazy. Why hasn’t she called?
    Matt looked at his watch again. It was after seven. Janie
should’ve been home hours ago. She should’ve gotten the gift he left; the gift
he had wanted to give her in New York but after her announcement of not wanting
any attachment after she went home, he had changed his mind. It’s only because
Katy had told him she was just trying to protect herself with that speech that
he was here now. She said she really didn’t feel that way and he knew that he
didn’t either. He needed to win her heart. He needed her to be with him.
    Did that realtor even give her the bag? he wondered.
Maybe Janie didn’t even know about it. Maybe the realtor had forgotten his name
and didn’t tell Janie it was from him? He hadn’t thought through the possibility
of her not being at the house when he arrived. It certainly had not played out
the way he had hoped it would.
    What the hell , he thought, as he grabbed his keys.
    *****
    Katy pulled into Janie’s driveway and turned off the car.
She was here at Janie’s request, not sure what was going on. She had received a
text from her best friend asking her to come over to ‘see’ something. Katy had
figured she wouldn’t hear from Janie now that Matt was in town. She had hoped
that he could apologize and make Janie the happiest girl in the world. But here
she was in Janie’s driveway. She grabbed her purse and opened the door,
climbing out and all but smashing into Danny.
    “Hi,” he smiled.
    “Shit, Danny! Back up a little will ya!” Katy hissed. “Give
me some room!”
    “I saw you pull up and wanted to say hello.”
    “Well you did, so you can leave now,” she said.
    “Katy, I think you should get to know me a little better. We
should grab a drink sometime.”
    It was starting to get dark but Katy could see the creepy
smirk he had on his face and knew that if he was the last man on earth, she
would still never even consider going out with him.
    “Nope! Never gonna happen, Danny. Now move so I can go see
my friend.” Katy slammed the door shut and hit the lock button on her key fob,
and pushed her way past him.
    “Aw, come on, Katy. It’d be fun. Just you and me, having a
good time.”
    “Go home Danny!” Katy arrived at the front door and opened
it,