“Then you thought you were pregnant and it scared me so fucking much. And I didn’t even totally understand why, but I was a mess for days after that, Poppy. And then the day after we got back from Tuscany, I was walking past this antique store and I saw this ring. An old, yellow-gold art deco thing, with a pearl. I saw it and thought, That would be a perfect engagement ring. Maybe I should buy it. And my very next thought after that was, What the fuck am I doing? Sarah would’ve hated that ring. And then I realized I wasn’t even looking for her. I saw it, and right away I thought of you.
