When a humble farmer named Tom stumbled upon an expensive-looking diamond ring while working his fields, he thought it was his lucky day.
Excited by the unexpected find, he rushed home to show his wife, Laura, dreaming of how this could change their simple lives.
But the moment Laura saw the ring, her reaction was far from what Tom had anticipated. Instead of joy or surprise, a cold, hard expression crossed her face.
Looking at the sparkling diamond, Laura turned to Tom and said, “I want a divorce.”
Wanting a divorce
Tom was completely taken aback by Laura’s reaction. Never before had the word divorce even crossed her lips and now she just flung it at his out of seemingly nowhere.
From his perspective, their marriage had been just as strong as it had ever been and now suddenly it was not good enough anymore.
Was this somehow really because of the ring he had found?
No explanation
He stutterly tried to ask Laura for an explanation. The least she could do was give him a good reason for this crazy shift in behavior.
But Laura just walked away from him without saying a word and started to pack a small backpack with the essentials.
Tom kept following her, with the carrot and ring still in his hand, demanding an explanation, getting more fierce and angry by the minute.
Screaming at Laura
By the end when Laura walked out the front door to get into her car, Tom was screaming at her. Blinded by anger and rage.
He felt like he had just been done such an injustice by Laura’s demand and lack of an explanation for it.
He was shouting that he was fine with a divorce. That she would get nothing from him and that he never wanted to see her again.
Things Tom had never expected to say to the love of his life.
His life in pieces
After Lauro left, Tom fell on the couch and just slouched there motionless for at least an hour. He was completely clueless as to what he was supposed to do now.
His whole life revolved around being together with Laura. They were even trying for children together and he had hoped that selling the ring he found would give them some more savings for parenthood.
But all that could go in the trash now.
Finding out the truth
He wanted to throw the carrot and ring through the room out of pure frustration. But he managed to stop himself as he was anything but done with this find.
There was something with his ring that made his loving wife of 4years of marriage completely flip on him without warning. And Tom was determined to find out what that was…
Time in the ground
He first broke the ring of the carrot. By the look of things, it had not been in the ground for all that long. At least not decades or something.
But to really determine the true duration this piece of jewelry had been in the ground, he would need an expert to look at it.
And wanted to go to the jewelry store that afternoon, but first did some research on his own.
Not recognizing the jewelry
Tom further inspected the ring but he was sure that he did not recognize it from anywhere. He guessed that it looked like a female ring as it simply did not look like something a man would wear.
And judging by all the small and big diamonds that were placed on it, it had to be valuable. What person would lose this ring and not make a maximum effort to find it back again?
How did it get here?
It just did not make sense to him. And it was also not like somebody would just walk through the spot where he was growing his carrots.
His garden was small, but it was fenced off. He owned this property for about 10 years by now, so the ring could also not belong to a previous owner. As Tom was very sure the ring had not been in the ground for all that time…
Going to the jewelry store
Tom realized that he was not going to figure out the truth about the ring by himself. His wife Laura clearly knew something he did not, or at least, she suspected something that he was oblivious to.
Something so bad that it motivated her to demand a divorce from him. He needed help and the only place he could think to start was the jewelry store.
Only one jeweler
The city that Tom and Laura lived in was small and relatively rural. There was only one small jewelry store in town as the people here did not really care about that stuff.
What was sold most by far were wedding rings, seeing as the town still held a lot of traditional values.
And of those values, marriage was one of the biggest ones. Another reason why the ask for a divorce hurt Tom so much…
A Quiet Discovery
Tom stepped into the only jeweler’s shop in town, the bell above the door tinkling in the unusual quiet.
He clutched the ring tightly in his palm, its facets catching the sparse light of the shop. The air was thick with anticipation as he approached the counter, ready to unveil the mysterious find that had so abruptly turned his life upside down.
The Jeweler’s Perplexity
The jeweler, an elderly man with eyes honed by years of examining precious stones, leaned in closely as Tom presented the ring.
His brow furrowed in surprise, a reaction that deepened Tom’s intrigue. “Earlier today, a woman asked about this very ring,”
the jeweler said, his voice a blend of confusion and curiosity. Tom’s heart skipped a beat, the revelation adding a new layer to the mystery.
A Woman Unknown
Tom’s mind raced as he processed the jeweler’s words. A woman? And not Laura? The thought spiraled through his mind like a leaf caught in a whirlwind.
Who could this woman be, and how did she connect to the ring that lay innocently in his dirt-stained hand?
The questions multiplied, tangling like threads in a loom.
Unanswered Questions
He prodded for more details, but the jeweler could only shrug, his knowledge as limited as the sparse lighting in the room.
Tom left the store with the ring still firmly in his grasp, the weight of unanswered questions pressing heavily on his shoulders.
The jeweler’s revelation had opened a door, but it led only to a hallway of shadows and speculation.
The Search for Origins
Determined to unravel the enigma, Tom pressed the jeweler about the ring’s possible origins. Could it be a local piece, or had it journeyed from afar?
Every answer seemed to lead to another question, each more perplexing than the last. Tom’s desire for understanding drove him forward, even as the path ahead grew more obscured.
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