“ Ah, I may have just the thing for you. And if you want it to be unique and personal then I can engrave it for you for a tiny fee.”
So the shop owner showed Paul a beautiful heart shaped locket in silver and gold plating. It was the sort that had a crack in the middle, so that you could split it into two and share with a partner.
“ Very nice indeed, can you engrave the words; Paul and Katy together forever.”
“Sure thing!” and the shop keeper took a note of Paul’s phone number, and said he would let him know in a few days when it was ready.
And sure enough a few days later Paul had a call and he went down to pick it up.
When the day of their anniversary came they sat down together ready to exchange gifts. Katy had a box ready to give in her hands, and Paul had nothing in his hands at all. This was the point where Katy got a bit worried, but she gave him the box anyway hoping that he did get her something. Inside the small box was a silver plated wrist watch that looked very expensive. When Paul started to pull something out of his left pocket Katy’s face lit up, and she realised that he had got her something.
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“ I got something that we could share and that we could keep with us for as long as we are together, which I hope will be as long as possible.”
As she opened the velvet covered box her face turned the shade of the locket. She was very pleased with it and tears started to form in the bottom of her eyes.
“It’s beautiful” she attempted to say, but it came out in a sort of murmur, caused by the amount of tears now falling from her eye lids.
They then broke it into the two halves and swore that each of them would keep it for as long as they were together.
However the following week Katy had a phone call from her work. Her best friend who was around at the time could see the shade of her face slowly turn paler as the call went on, and could sense that something was wrong. As Katy slowly put down the phone her best mate Sarah asked:
“ What’s the matter Katy?”
“ That was my boss. He wants me to move to France, for a re-location of the company!” came the reply.
Katy waited a few days before she could pluck up enough courage to tell Paul that she had to move to France. When she did he took it quite well. They told each other that it would only take about 5 hours to travel to see each other. They would be able to visit quite often.
When it came to the point where they had to say good bye they both wore the half locket around their necks.
They wrote to each other nearly every day from that point onward and they visited regularly.
But one early Saturday morning as Paul was travelling on the shuttle to visit Katy, he was waiting in the line for the gents. He started chatting to a person standing next to him in the Que.
“ So where are you heading of to today then?” asked Paul to the man.
“I’m visiting my wife to be in Parolee Von Ices.” He replied.
“Really! That’s where I’m going, my girlfriend is staying there.”
“Her names Katy” said the stranger.
This was followed by a short silence.
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“ This Katy, She wouldn’t happen to have short frizzy blonde hair would she?” mumbled Paul in an almost fascinated voice.
“Yes” The stranger said in a slow deep voice.
“ Here I have a photo of her. Here it is she gave it to me as a present” The man said almost hoping that she would be different.
But as he showed it to Paul his face went bright red in anger. It was the very same locket that he had given to Katy on their Anniversary. He was not angered at the man for he could not have known, he was angered at Katy it was not just a present it was his heart and undying love for her that she had just given away.
Paul then reached into his pocket and pulled out the locket, and sure enough they fitted together exactly.
They then travelled in sync when they drove to Katy’s apartment. When they got there they put the two parts of the lockets together, with a photo of both men in them. They then crossed off the word Paul, and scratched on a question mark there instead using a compass. They then posted it through her letter box.
The two greatly upset men drove back to England and never saw each over or Katy again.
