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Friday came faster than I expected. When he showed up at my door in jeans and a crisp button-down, holding a small bouquet of wildflowers, something in me just… softened.
“You didn’t have to bring those,” I said, feeling my cheeks warm.
I laughed nervously.
“It’s just a dress.”
“It’s just perfect,” he said, and I couldn’t help smiling.
He took me to a little Italian place downtown. It was the kind that’s tucked between two old brick buildings and smells like garlic and butter the moment you step inside.
We talked for hours, and I discovered his name was Daniel.
When I mentioned my late husband, Daniel didn’t flinch or get awkward. He just nodded and said, “He sounds like he was a good man.”
“He was,” I said softly.
“The best.”
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