Part Eight
Next evening Max picked up Tess at her house and then drove over to the local mall. Once there, they walked toward the jewelry store where Max would buy Liz's gift. They looked at all the rings, but non of them attracted the two. So they went to the bracelets, but soon walked away because they both had no interest in bracelets. Finally after half an hour of searching, they landed in the necklace area."Do you think she'd like platinum or gold?" Tess asked Max. He gave her a dumbfounded look."I have no clue. Um….gold?" He guessed. "Okay. Over here I saw some very nice gold necklaces." Tess led him over to a counter full of gold necklaces. "Personally, I really like this heart shaped one with the diamond in the middle. It shows your love for her through the golden heart rim. And then the diamond shows that you paid a fortune for her." Tess explained. Max took a closer look at the necklace and saw how magnificent it truly was. The thousands of sparkles in the tiny diamond shined brighter than the millions of stars in the sky. "It's perfect." Max said speechlessly."Good. You'll get it then. Now how much is it going to cost?" Tess asked as she looked at the price tag. "Oh my…that's a lot of money." She stood at disbelief at how much the necklace was.
"How much Tess?" Max asked her.
"$698. Are you sure you have that kind of money?" Tess asked him. He gasped at the expense. Sure he had the money, but he'd worked so hard for every dollar he'd earned. Did he want to spend $700 on just ONE necklace? But Liz meant the world to him and he was determined to get her back. So he agreed. "Yeah, I can afford it no problem." He said and then went to get a person to take out the necklace for him. "That'll be $711 please." The teller said. Max handed his credit cared over to the teller and watched as it got swiped. There went $700 just like that. But when he took hold of the necklace, he knew he'd done the right thing. "Come on Tess. Let's go." Max led her out, satisfied that he'd gotten what he'd come for.