With dinner done, Alexander took his wife and her sister to her room while Michael stayed behind to talk with his parents. Alex made himself scarce while Caroline sat her sister down on the couch and took the first real look at her engagement ring.
"A ruby?" she asked as she saw the centrepiece stone. "He gave you a pigeon's blood ruby?"
"You don't approve?" Lucia asked, even though she didn't care either way. She loved the ring, and no one was going to convince her otherwise.
"I thought he was a blue diamond and platinum band kind of guy," Caroline said and then looked at her little sister as she realised her chance had come.
Lucia couldn't run away now. She had been running away from the questions and couldn't do so now.
"So, how did he propose?" she asked.
Lucia looked around, wondering how to answer and where to begin. "We were at White Rock Island," Lucia began.
"White Rock Island for a red rock?" Caroline wondered.
