“Oh really, what is it that you need me to help you out with?” I asked nervously.
“To get your mother a gift.” he whispered.
It then dawned on me that their anniversary was coming up. I still found it to be weird of him asking for my help because he had never done so before. I had to be sure he was not trying to lure me in and then attack when I was least expecting it.
So I asked, “Oh, you never asked for my help before, what’s the deal now?”
“I’m needed at another job site and it just happens to line up with the day of our anniversary. I will be gone until next Sunday and I wanted you to give her the gift on the promised day and I will call her. That way it will still be a little special,” he said.
Understanding that the coast was clear, we arranged to meet at a local mall. I started to gather my things so that I could leave within an hour. I figured since a few days have passed and he didn’t show signs of knowing, then my mother must have went back on her word. Just the thought of that was shocking as that was very unlike her. I texted Kevin letting him know I was headed back home and then I started on my way to meet my dad at our local mall.
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Meeting my dad still gave me a nervous feeling that I couldn’t shake, but I decided I was going to go through with it. We arrived at the mall and greeted each other with a high-five and a smile just like always and then made our way to the entrance. This simple greeting took loads of stress off of me. In the back of my mind, I imagined this all being a hoax and him just trying to get me to meet him. Glad that turned out to not be the case. We engaged in small talk as we made our way to a jewelry store. I gave him a look that showed I was concerned with what he was going to buy.
“Since I am not going to actually be there, I thought I should get her a real expensive gift to take her mind off of it,” my dad said.
“How much are you willing to spend,” I said while casually glancing at the prices of a few items.
“Upper limit is five thousand,” he whispered while winking at me.
“Haha, wow dad, I didn’t know you was a baller,” I snickered sarcastically.
This was incredibly weird as my dad was a known cheapskate. He cared nothing for expensive things and always spent his money smart, resulting in him having an absolutely massive bank account from years of saving. It was apparent that he wanted to spoil her this time. We looked around the store for a good ten minutes before I saw a necklace that had two silver hearts that were interlaced with each other. Each heart had a diamond in the center of it. To me, that signified two hearts connecting making one. I yanked him towards me so that he could see.
“This is it right here dad, this is perfect and it’s only nine hundred dollars,” I joked.
“What about this one,” he said as he pointed to one next to it.
It was a gold leaf with intricate details. You could see every vein of the leaf, as if they just dipped a real leaf in gold. The entire stem of the leaf was replaced with diamonds. I shook my head in disbelief as I looked at him.