I’d been dating Michael for 3 years.

He said his wife died in 2019. Breast cancer. He cried every time he talker about her. I believed every tear.

Last Tuesday, an Amazon package showed up at my door. Wrong address. Same last name. 14 miles away. I drove it over to be nice.

A woman answered. Two kids behind her. She was wearing an engagement ring identical to mine.

$6,200 from Zales. I picked that exact design.

She smiled. ‘Oh, Michael must have used the wrong address again.’ I from in arunaned. froze. ‘How do you know Michael?’ She laughed. ‘He’s my husband.

We’ve been married 11 years.’ I held up my left hand. Her smile collapsed. She whispered, ‘He bought you the same ring?’ I said,