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The Marigold Scripture Part 3
Jumpstart July
Mara spent the evening on the patio in her back garden. She’d watched as the sun set over the ocean and took a moment to enjoy pure peace. After the strange events of the day, she wanted nothing more than to curl up in bed with a good book until she fell asleep. It was all she needed.
Her eyes kept going back to the brown paper package. Now that she looked at it, it was bigger than jewellery. Whatever he got her, he must have thought it would work as an apology present. Nothing would. Nothing could repair the damage he had caused. She had fixed it herself anyway. But the feeling of hurt remained. A gift? That only pissed her off. There was nothing that would change her mind.
She sat back and nursed a glass of Merlot. She rarely drank but the events of the day called for it. Her eyes again went to the gift. She snorted. Antonio wasn’t like that. He wouldn’t do apology gifts. He said he’d meant to give it to her on their wedding night. There was nothing that she could think of that she could possibly want…except for one thing. But she knew it was impossible. It had been their DREAM to find it.
Quickly draining her glass, she picked up the package and walked indoors, taking care to lock the glass doors behind her. She popped the glass in the dishwasher and was about to head to bed when she knocked the…
