My Wife's Heart Beats for Two

Every year on our wedding anniversary, my wife gifts me a watch, always the same kind. This year, she couldn’t be there on the day, so she asked me to pick it up myself.

At the store, the clerk presented two watches. “Ms. Snow customizes two watches each year,” he explained, “both with initials on the back.” One bore the initials KY, for Kip Yoder—my name—while the other had AH, for her beloved, Abel Hill. My watch was priced at five thousand, while Abel’s was valued at six hundred thousand.