And for once, I wasn’t rushing to save her from the consequences.
But Rachel didn’t know that yet.
To understand how we got there, you have to understand that Nick and I had spent almost a year renovating our house.
It was nothing fancy: fresh paint, new floors, and a kitchen drawer that finally shut properly.
We did it slowly because that was what we could afford.
The final thing on our wish list was an 85-inch television Nick had wanted for years.
So we saved for six months, skipping dinners out and weekends away.
It was nothing fancy.
When we finally bought it, it cost just under $2,000. Nick had insisted on adding accidental-damage protection.
« If we’re spending this much, » he’d said, « we’re not gambling with it. »
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