Her Present

Austyn stared at the box. She bought something for him? It was a dark blue wood box, square in shape and small enough to fit in her palm. ‘Open it.’ Kira thrust out her hand. Giana had offered her input, but Kira made the final decision to choose this particular gift. Other than the DIY photo albums and painted mugs for her father, this was the first time she gave a present to a man. The frog didn’t count. She watched Austyn’s reaction with bated breath. Austyn took the box. Its shape and dimension already gave him an idea of what the gift was. He opened it. ‘A watch?’ The Timex Marlin hand-wound watch was resting on a small foam pillow. It had a silver watch face with black leather straps. ‘Yes.’ Kira fidgeted in her seat. ‘I know it’s not the fancy watches you usually wear. I hope you don’t mind.’ Kira had spent twenty minutes standing in front of the counter, enduring the dirty looks from the sales clerk. She’d immediately picked out this watch, but the price tag gave her pause. Gia