“Thanks,” she said. “It’s really not a big deal this year.” Then she changed the subject like she hadn’t just flipped 13 years of tradition upside down.
Maybe I should’ve dug deeper then.
Still, I couldn’t just let the day be nothing. That’s not who we are.
The night before her birthday, I stopped by this little jewelry boutique she loves and bought a delicate gold bracelet with tiny opal stones she’d admired once and then pretended to forget.
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