"I'm not. There's no ring on my finger." "Let me see that finger right quick." River tossed her left hand in my face. I grabbed her wrist with one hand and used my other to pull one of the black rubber bands from my braid. I happily popped that muthafucka on her finger. "We gon' have to use this as a ring 'til I can take you to pick something else out. Now, back to what I was saying.