and learned that she had dropped the stone due to a slip of handwhen she attempted to change the material of the necklace. Thestone broke on the spot. I guess this was the sign that I wouldn’tbe the one giving her the happiness I wanted her to have. I neverknew what happened to it after that. I didn’t ask because I wasafraid to hear that she had tossed it in the trash if she wasn’table to put it back together.

Sooner than later, her birthdaycame. Of course being tight on budget and living in a place wherethings are hard to find, I had to rely on the trusty internet.Well, it’s not really that trustworthy but it’s good enough whenyou’re desperate. Countless of sleepless nights on eBay and youfeel like you’re about to tear someone’s head off. When everyoneoutbids you and you’re stuck with flawed goods. I decided to turnto Amazon for help. Bought the loveliest record players I couldfind, not to mention that they weren’t cheap, only to have themcome and realize that they don’t work without a transformer. I hadto return the fused record players twice and all I had left wereold records without anything to play them on.

Her birthday was in two days and Iwas in a frantic mess. I didn’t want her to think of me as a badfriend. Hell, I didn’t want her to think anything bad of me. Iwanted to be perfect for her but obviously, it wasn’t attainableand I was doing a bad job at it. So, the next thought was to trysomething sweet. I decided to buy everything she reminded me of. Itmight sound like a good idea but until you read what I have bought,you wouldn’t think so. The only things I could remember were thefact that she was constantly in pain so I went to the largestWatsons I could find and bought a bunch of plasters, ice pack andear plugs. Which she doesn’t even use. Stupid I know. But hey, whatwas a desperate person to do?

Her birthday came. Thank god that itwas a Sunday and she had to spend her birthday with her parents or



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