12. Marriage (Rings)

As was traditional for the eldest daughter of a family, but as an only (lonely) child, Chase had inherited his parent's wedding rings after they departed. He travelled light and carried few mementos. Most of his worldly possessions had been left in the island cottage where it was barren of life and still ringing up a negative in someone's bank account. The rings were on a chain in his wallet; the absence of a photograph. They hadn't worked as a charm to bring him riches there, but as a reminder and a pledge: he'd pass them on himself one day.