5/19/2023 0 Comments Reunion by Lauraine Snelling![]() ![]() Dark blond, it looked naturally sun streaked due to the gray turned silver around her face. Her hair usually swung in the blunt-cut style she'd worn for years, but now it was in need of a cut and probably a highlight session again. Who would put a present here on the table?" She looked pointedly from him to the box, swiping a strand of hair behind her ear. Our anniversary is still three months away. "Why would someone give me a present? It's not my birthday." "No card, no name, just a white box with a pretty ribbon." She watched his face to see if he was teasing her. Who could have left that?" His blue eyes twinkled. Do you know anything about this box on the table?" She turned at her husband's entrance and gave him a welcome-home hug. Just as she dug her cell phone out of her purse, she heard the back door open. She pondered the box, then picked it up and sniffed it. Since she and her husband, Bjorn, were the only two people who now lived in this big old house, it had to be for one of them. Shaking the box, albeit gently, left her with no more information. Although she'd never opened a present before its time, she'd thought about it a lot. ![]() ![]() Just a square, white box with a curly blue ribbon spilling over its sides.Ĭuriosity was one of Keira Johnston's failings. The tissue-wrapped box on the dining room table failed to answer. ![]()
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