He sits back down, not even a hint of gloating. “Why is it so important to you?” he asks. “Finding this person.” “Honestly, I have no idea. But I’ve never really left Illinois. I’ve barely ever left Chicago. Why would I come all the way to New York and fall down exactly in the place where the ring was lost and find it?” I haven’t told anyone that a child knocked me down or that I didn’t see him because I was looking up at the Empire State Building and thinking about An Affair to Remember. “It feels like it can’t be for nothing.” “So, it’s because you believe in signs.” “I’ve never thought
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