I didn’t want an expensive ring.
I just needed one thing – to hear that after ten years he really chose me.
I booked a table in a good restaurant.
At dinner, gathering courage, I said calmly:
“Michael, maybe we should finally get married? Even if it’s just a little ceremony for our loved ones.’
He’s gone.
He put down the fork.
And then he laughed.
I’ll never forget that laugh.
“Laura, are you serious?”
“Yes.”
He shook his head.
“I’ll never marry you.”
I felt like I had gotten in the face.
But that night, for the first time, I started thinking not about how to get Michael to change his mind.

But about what will happen if I stop waiting.
The next morning Michael went down to the kitchen and saw what I had left on the table.
He smiled first.
And then he read it.