Chapter 3:

"I was going to wait until Santa Barbara, but I don't think I could." Vaughn said.

He opened his hand up, and in it, laid a gleaming 2 and a half-carat diamond ring.

"Oh, my god!" Syd said, still shocked.

"Sydney, I bought this for you, about 2 weeks ago." He took her left hand.

He slipped the ring onto her middle left finger. She looked confused.

"You put it on the wrong finger!" She told him.

"No, I did that on purpose. I might not make it through the surgery. And if I don't, I don't want to leave behind a widow. It means it's a promising ring. If I make it through the surgery tomorrow, I'll put it on the other finger."

"What are you talking about? You'll make it through! Why are you saying this?"

"Sydney... I just think..."

"Think what?"

"Syd..."