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Let's go.

You scared me.

I'm coming.

Why don't you just yell up from the stairs like you usually do? Apparently

is more effective.

More effective?

Or you just wanted to scare me? No, I didn't want to scare you. I just wanted

hurry you. The boys are waiting in the backyard.

No. I forgot to charge this.

Oh, well, good. Then I take it you won't be talking to anyone today, so I can

rest easy that I won't be hearing any more life -altering secrets about any

family members.

I knew it.

You're still angry about Matt and Sarah.

That's why you popped up here to scare me.

Why don't you pop across to New York and scare them?

They're the ones who eloped and then lied about it and had a wedding, not me.

And it never occurred to you that your mom might get upset when you gave this

news to us?

No. It was big news.

It's old news.

It's really old news. I mean, Matt and Sarah didn't even think you would care

it's so old. I do care. And your mom really cares a lot. I know that now.

I'm sorry I told you. I'm sorry Matt and Sarah did what they did. I'm really

sorry. Yet I don't get the feeling you are. Which is why you tried to scare me.

You know, I was really just trying to move things along just to get you and

boys to school on time. Dad, I can't help what Matt and Sarah did. I can't.

And if you're trying to get me to hurry up and get out of here, why are you

blocking the door?

Dave and Sam didn't say anything to you about anything, did they?

No. No, nothing about my keeping something secret from your mother? You

boys a secret you're keeping from Mom.

I did. I don't know why I did, but I did.

Then my guess is your secret will be out by the time you get home from work.

I'd say around 3 to 3 .30, snack time.

The cookies are in my briefcase, and I drank all the milk. I'm not stupid.

Yeah, so it was the cookies talking when you decided to tell two 7 -year -olds

your big secret.

Look, I can't pick the boys up from school.

If they tell her, she is...

just gonna absolutely explode your mom is already so angry at matt and sarah

you that she's ready to explode now maybe you can do something that would

her so happy she wouldn't be angry with you or anyone else for the rest of her

life and that would be get mom's new best friend rose to call off her

to simon rose may have changed but i know mom still doesn't want them married

just know it

Seven heavens, when I see their happy faces by looking back at

me.

Seven heavens, I know there's no greater feeling than the love of

family. Where can you go

when the world don't see you right?

The answer is home.

7 -7 7

-7 7 -7

Who is this?

Somebody keeps hanging up on Daddy, and Daddy's starting to get a little bit

annoyed.

Where's Daddy's wedding ring?

have it for 400 and then someone i don't know maybe the someone was you told him

we had 500 now he wants 450 i don't care if he thought we were borrowing the

money instead of paying cash no no what did you say hey you listen

to me mister and you listen good but you tell the owner if he tries to force

another fifty thousand dollars out of me then i curse him

The owner of the building that I'm trying to turn into a teen home.

Well, he found out that we had cash, and now he wants more money or he's pulling

the deal. Can you believe it? No.

You curse him?

Hello? No, not $25 ,000 more. Not one penny more.

Yes? He what?

I need to see you outside.

I think Savannah ate my wedding ring. What do I do?

Well, hmm, I think we better defer to Annie on this one, but unfortunately at

the moment I believe she's putting a curse on the owner of that building she

wants to buy. We have to do something. Should I give her that stuff that makes

her throw up? What stuff?

I don't know. I don't think we have any.

Go to the hospital with me. Oh, I don't think she needs to go to the hospital.

Look, she's fine. She'll probably just pass it. Babies do that. I can't just

wait until she passes it. Then Lucy will know I let her eat my wedding ring.

Look, I got wedding ring problems of my own, okay?

I sympathize. I do, but... Okay, all right, well, we'll go to the hospital.

I'm telling you, it's not an emergency.

She'll pass it. That's all they're going to tell you. She'll pass it.

Please, can we go now?

I'm going to run an errand with Kevin.

Milk. Pick up the milk. Thank you.

Of course. That's what I said.

Kevin?

Hello. Hey, where are you?

Where am I? I'm with your dad. Where are you and my dad?

We're running an errand.

Why are you running an errand with my dad?

Why not?

Where are you?

I just walked in.

I left my checkbook and I want to go to the bank today.

All right. Well, have fun at the bank.

Hello?

Lucy, it's me, Rose.

I've been calling and hanging up all morning. Why?

I didn't want to talk to Kevin.

So why didn't you just call me on my cell phone? I didn't have that number,

this one was listed.

So, anyway?

So anyway, I don't know how to ask you about this, but are you and Kevin giving

us a gift of cash for our wedding?

Oh, it was supposed to be a surprise.

How'd you find out?

Some little birds told me.

Cookies and milk. I heard Ruthie's theory, but I don't really see where

and milk have anything to do with this. It has everything to do with it.

We wanted that money to be a surprise. We wanted you and Simon to start out

-free. I'm really touched by your generosity, but maybe you should have

mentioned it to Simon because I think he may have taken incompletes in all of

his classes so he could work more hours.

And you let him? I didn't know. The boys told me. The boys told you.

Oh, Simon, I can't believe he did that.

I can't either.

I can't believe I made him get me that ring. I feel terrible.

You do? Of course I do.

You didn't seem to feel terrible for the past six months.

I never thought he'd actually buy this ring for me to tell you the truth.

And when he did, well, I do love the ring.

But of course I love Simon more.

And if I could take this ring back, I still probably wouldn't. But I still

badly that Simon buying it has caused so many problems.

Well, I guess the only thing you can do is just tell Simon the truth.

Tell him that the boys told you about the wedding gift and about taking in

completes, and maybe it's not too late. Maybe he can stop working and start

studying. I mean, maybe he can scramble and finish one or two of his classes. If

I tell him he's going to be really upset with Sam and David, you could send us

the wedding gift and no one has to say anything.

I could, but I think you should tell him the truth anyway, Rose. I mean, you

don't want to start your marriage off with a lie.

All right.

I'll tell him.

Thanks for talking to me.

Oh, you know what?

Tell Simon to give us a call, okay?

I will. And thanks again for the teapot. Goodbye. Bye.

These girls have no place to go.

No, their families don't want them. They're about to become mothers.

And some of them are already living on the street.

Now, we may have half a million, but we don't have one penny to waste.

The building needs total renovation.

I mean, it's falling down.

Nobody else wants it.

And, you know, I'm not going to pay more than $400. We agreed to $400. It's the

lawyer for the building owner.

No, yeah, no, I will not take it back. No, I am not taking it back. Fine, he

call me here. These people make me so angry.

What aren't you taking back?

I cursed a guy, the building owner.

He's greedy.

He's taken advantage of this woman's generosity in our situation. So I cursed

him. I cursed him. And I'm not taking it back.

What does that mean, you cursed him?

I don't know. I don't know why I said it. But I'll tell you, it's the first

thing I've said that got his lawyer's attention.

What's wrong?

Oh, well, nothing. I just never heard you curse someone before.

But if that's what you want to do, you know, never mind.

Well, go ahead, Reverend Ken Kurt. Give your mother the lecture. I know you're

dying to, what, lecture me on cursing people.

I don't even know what to say about that. Well, you want to say something,

say it. I do want to say something. I came over here to tell you something.

Well, tell me.

Well, I just want you to know that Kevin and I are giving Rose and Simon a

special gift for their wedding.

The teapot?

No, that was their shower gift. We're giving them something else.

Okay, and?

And, uh, what we're...

Giving them is enough to pay for Rose's ring, because, you know, we don't want

them to start their marriage off with that burden.

Oh, Luz, that's very generous.

But it may be best to let Simon learn a lesson here. Well, it's a tough lesson,

not buying things on credit.

Yes, it is, but, you know, he'll get through this.

You don't have to bail him out. Simon's feeling really, really pressured, and

this is what Kevin and I want to do for him.

I just thought you should know.

Well, you can change your mind.

We could, but I don't think so. You know, I'm upset already about Matt and

Sarah, you know, eloping and then still having the big wedding. And I'm upset

that Ruthie had to tell us not Matt and Sarah. And I'm upset that she had to

wait so long to tell us. So I could real easily be upset with you and Kevin. I

don't want you to be upset with Kevin and me.

But we already decided to give him the money.

Well, why does everyone want to tell me things all of a sudden? Why are you

telling me this?

I just wanted you to know why we're giving it to them now instead of later.

Simon is taking incompletes in his classes because he's working too many

and he doesn't have time to get to class and to study.

What? Okay, now I'm officially upset with five out of seven of my children

building owner. And if you don't leave, I might be more upset.

Wait.

Five out of seven?

What did Mary do? I don't know, but I'm sure it was something. And I'm sure

someone will tell me about it.

Hello?

Yeah, that's what I said.

Hello?

Where are you?

Tell her.

Kevin? I told you, Savannah and I are with your dad.

Yeah, okay.

Eventually, I'm going to find out where you and my dad are.

Look, Rose called.

Sam and David told her that Simon is taking incomplete in his classes because

he's working so hard to pay for that stupid ring. So I think we should just

ahead and give him the money.

I can hear that.

I don't care. I already told Mom.

I'll call you back.

Kim Kirk?

Hello? Simon, I hope I didn't catch you at a bad time.

No, I just walked in.

What's up?

What's up? I'll tell you what's up. My blood pressure.

Oh.

Well, can they do something about that?

They? How about you?

I'm not following you, but I just got home from a 4 to 12 shift, so I'm not

exactly alert right now.

What's going on with your blood pressure?

If I weren't in a hospital waiting room right now, I would be screaming at the

top of my lungs. You're taking incompletes in all your classes?

Okay. Uh, just take a deep breath and... I don't want to take a deep breath.

What are you thinking, incompletes? I'm paying all that tuition for incompletes?

Are you okay?

No, I'm very angry.

I'm very, very angry.

I know that, but are you in, like, critical or are you stable?

Should you even be on the phone right now?

Probably not.

Hello? Hi.

Simon! You're not at the hospital?

The hospital?

Why would I be at the hospital?

Uh... Uh, who's hurt? Who's at the hospital?

No one. It's just Dad.

It's just Dad?

What? No, it's fine. It's fine. It's just something anger -related.

Anger -related? What, like somebody shot him or like he's having a heart attack?

No, no, no. Nothing like that. It's just high blood pressure. Simon, high blood

pressure can lead to a heart attack.

I didn't know that.

Hello? Hi.

What are you doing at the hospital, and why didn't you tell me you have high

blood pressure?

Hello? Mom, I didn't mean to scare you, okay? I think Dad's okay. He's just

upset. Yeah, I got him on the cell phone.

Cell phone?

Okay, what is going on?

I'm not at the hospital for me. I'm just...

At the hospital, where I found out that Simon dropped his classes and is taking

incompletes just so he can pay for that stupid engagement ring. I know.

Lucy and Kevin are paying for that stupid engagement ring, which I think is

really stupid idea, but what are you doing at the hospital, and who at the

hospital knew about Simon?

It's a long story.

Well, once upon a time... Savannah swallowed Kevin's wedding ring. Oh, is

okay? I mean, those things usually just pass.

Well, I tried telling that, but we're at the hospital anyway.

Okay, so you're okay.

Well, I lost my temper when I found out that Simon dropped the classes.

Well, you can't afford to be angry. Let me be angry.

I don't think you can afford to be angry either.

I think you're angry enough. I mean, you already put a curse on some poor guy

you don't even know.

Why does everyone have a problem with that? You know what? Nobody can curse

anyone. I can't curse anyone.

I don't even know what it means to curse someone. The words just came out of my

mouth. But evidently, they're very powerful words.

Yes, they are. You wouldn't like it if somebody cursed you, would you? You

wouldn't like it if someone lectured you, would you?

And how would you like it if I told you and Lucy that I can handle putting

together a home for teen mothers without either of you commenting on how I'm

doing it?

Are you sure you're not having a heart attack? You're okay?

I'm sure. I'm fine.

Good. I love you. I love you, too. But I'm still angry.

Nothing on the x -ray. Let's go back to my house and check the kitchen floor

again. Let's.

Mother Mulligan!

Hi, what can I do for you?

I'm hoping you can remove a curse.

I have to tell you something.

I have to tell you something, too.

I dropped a couple of my classes.

I didn't drop them. I'm taking incompletes.

I just couldn't work the hours I was working and get to class.

I told Sam and David, and I guess they told my dad.

What did you have to tell me?

Sam and David told me about the incompletes. They told you, too?

Yeah, and I told Lucy, and I think maybe she told your dad.

And your mom, maybe.

Why would you tell Lucy?

Because Sam and David told me something else.

You know...

I tried to call them, and then I remembered that they're in school.

You just don't always get their facts right, you know? I... I mean... I really

don't resent taking incompletes to work to pay for your ring.

I don't. I was just tired when I talked to them.

Dave and Sam did say that to you, right? No.

I'm sorry if you resent paying for my ring.

I know I shouldn't have asked for it, but you didn't have to buy it if you

didn't want to buy it.

That's where you're wrong. I did have to buy it. I had to buy it to make up for

asking you to move out when I didn't ask you to move in in the first place.

Well, you really are feeling resentful, aren't you?

Yeah, actually I am.

Yeah, I can actually see that you are.

And if you're just going to be resentful that I made you marry me, then let's

just not get married, okay?

Okay. Great. Go back to Umberto. It's what you really want, isn't it? What?

sure Umberto can afford a ring without having to work for it day and night. He

can get you everything you want.

I... you could give me everything that I want, Simon.

Because all that I really want is for someone to love me.

By the way, Lucy and Kevin are going to give us money for our wedding so you can

pay for the ring and any other debts you have.

So you may want to wait until you've cashed the check to tell them we're not

getting married.

Hi. Hi.

Did you get to the bank? No, not yet.

Did you want to write Simon her check, or should we get them a cashier's check?

Uh, where's your wedding band?

Oh, um, I don't know. Must be around here somewhere.

Did you lose it? Did I lose it?

It is so past her nap time. I should go put her down.

Hmm, good idea.

Unless you want to put her down.

Why would I want to put her down?

Well, you're not usually around to put her down, so since you're here to put

down, then I just thought... Yeah, okay, I'll put her down.

Come here.

Has she eaten? Of course she's eaten.

What'd you have for lunch? Just lunch.

Oh, good, because when I got home, there was some cereal on her high chair. It

looked like she hadn't eaten since breakfast.

Oh, that's because we ate out.

Ate out?

Yeah, that's where we were with your dad.

Oh, well, uh, what'd she eat?

Some mashed potatoes and peas and jello. From?

From a cafeteria.

What cafeteria?

The cafeteria down at the hospital. They have really good food. The cafeteria is

so good that you and Savannah and my dad actually went there for lunch?

Yep.

Are you looking for this?

Oh, you found it. Good, thanks.

By any chance, did you think that maybe Savannah had eaten this? Your mother

told you. My mother knew?

I think so.

Could I please have that back now?

I'm going to have to think about that.

And about the fact that you thought our daughter swallowed a ring, and you took

her to the hospital, and you didn't even bother to call me and tell me what was

happening.

I don't know what got into me, Father. I really don't. So you'll take the curse

off the poor Mr. Riley?

It's just that I'm going through a really difficult time right now.

Well, I completely understand.

You do, really? Because nobody else does.

I mean, why would Matt and Thera elope and then lie about it and then get

married and then tell Ruthie and not tell any of the rest of us?

I'm sure I don't know.

Hello.

Annie's husband, Eric Camden.

Minister. Oh, how are you now?

I'm Father Mulligan. I'm here about the curse.

You knew that Kevin and Dad were at the hospital with Savannah and you...

Oh. Hi, Father.

He's here about the curse.

Oh, yeah.

That.

Our daughter, the Reverend Lucy Kinkirk.

Hi. Father Mulligan.

I think I'll let the three of you religious people chat. I'll go pick the

up at school.

Thank you.

Regular ministers at a regular Protestant -type church.

You know, maybe I'd come at a bad time. I think I can find my way to the front

door. It was nice meeting both of you.

I'll talk to Annie.

Yeah, sure.

Sometimes men lie in an effort not to upset their wives.

What death makes us more upset?

Oh, no, the boys.

You couldn't have told me this months ago?

We didn't know months ago. We only decided last week.

Well, it's really generous of you, but I'm not going to take it from you.

I'm not going to have you pay for a ring that I never should have bought in the

first place.

Hey, you're not the first guy to buy a ring that he couldn't afford, okay?

Don't keep beating yourself up.

I have to go.

Are you okay?

I'm just tired.

Well, now you can stop working so hard and go back to your professors and tell

them you want to try to make up the work.

I don't know.

What don't you know?

I don't know anything.

Thanks for the money, but I don't think Rose and I are getting married.

And I don't care to share that with the rest of the family, although you

probably will.

I know you're not happy with me right now, but I want to drive up to see

Because? It's a guy thing.

I think it's even a husband thing.

All right.

Hey, do you want your ring back?

Not right now, no.

Okay, well, it's a long drive. Would you like Savannah and me to go with you?

Thanks for the offer, but I'll be okay.

I need some time alone.

Hey,

you're pretty quiet in the car.

What's going on?

We know some more secrets that we want to tell Mom.

But we don't want to get in trouble.

Who are you going to be in trouble with?

Because based on my experience, I can tell you that I would rather be in

with just about anyone else other than Mom.

Dad told you something?

About Mom?

Well, don't tell me what it is. I don't want to know.

Just... Keep it to yourself for the time being. Hang on to it a while. See what

happens. We can't. It's too big.

It might cause trouble. Big trouble.

All right. I'm tired of being the keeper of secrets.

After this, I'm getting out of the business.

Shoot. Dad lost his wedding ring.

And he bought a new one and didn't tell Mom.

And she doesn't know.

Oh. Is that all?

Is that all?

Mom knows.

She's known practically the whole time.

The hotel where you lost it sent it to her.

But you see, Mommy never told Daddy that. Now Daddy's been living with us

almost 30 years.

When did she tell you this?

I don't know. It was years ago.

Why would she tell you?

I don't know. Why did you tell them?

Cookies and milk. Cookies and milk.

Cookies and milk.

Why do I have the feeling that you want to talk to me about something? Is it

about that stupid curse?

No, I'm staying away from that one.

But we do have something to talk about. Something I really want to talk about.

And yet you don't. And yet I feel the same way, so let's just leave it at

Oh, if that's Father Mulligan, just tell him I'm not available.

I'm going to get that building for those girls.

And you don't care how you have to do it?

I have never heard of grown men being so afraid of a stupid curse like I could

really put a curse on anybody.

The whole thing is completely childish. And men are childish, which is why it's

working.

Hello.

Hello. Oh, you wouldn't happen to be Mr. Riley, the owner of the building my

wife is trying to buy, would you?

Yep.

Come with me.

We're just cleaning up after dinner.

Have you eaten?

Yes, I have.

As best I could, considering.

I'll just go get her.

Oreos. Oh, yeah.

You want some?

Yeah.

My mom and I used to eat those after school.

Milk? Oh, yeah. Got to have the milk.

Got to have the milk.

I'm really, really sorry that my wife has upset you about this, Kirk.

I mean, she's never done anything like that before.

This building project has come at a time when we're having a lot of

family challenges.

That's the way Ma and I did it.

I see. That's a new one on me.

Bring back a lot of good memories.

Oh, yeah.

I grew up in that building.

Just me and Mom.

My dad died and left us the property.

Ma never wanted to touch the place, which is why it is what it is today, a

-down shack.

But it's a sentimental shack, you know.

Where are you living now?

Bel Air.

My dad didn't just leave us that building. He left us 37 buildings.

But my mom and I lived in that building until I graduated high school.

You know, it seems to me, if you're going to sell, that my wife would be the

perfect buyer.

But she plans to renovate it, not tear it down.

It would be a home for teenage girls.

Well, teenage mothers who are not married and who may have become

their families or girls who may not have any other place to go.

Annie wants to clean it up and take the bottom floor and turn it into a store

where women can buy used maternity clothes, baby clothes, baby furniture.

A place where the young women can work.

A place with a daycare center.

Unwed mothers?

Young women who are having babies who aren't married to the fathers of the

babies, yeah.

I don't know if my mother would like that.

Oh, yes, she would.

Hi, I'm Annie Camden.

I want to apologize for what I said.

I've never said anything like that before.

I don't know why I said it. It means nothing.

I was feeling very desperate, and it seemed to be working. So I'm sorry.

I was wrong.

I'm superstitious as well as sentimental, and a thing like that, that

curse.

That means something to me. I take it back.

And he blesses you. He's a reverend.

Bless him.

I don't really... Bless you, Mr. Riley.

Thank you.

Thank you both.

400.

400. Oh, um... No.

You can have it.

Have it?

I got lots of buildings.

I'll write it off.

You take care of those girls.

Set up some scholarships or something.

Oh, bless you.

Bless you, bless you, bless... your little heart, Mr.

Riley. Oh, bless you.

Well, I think we managed to get something from every food group.

Is dessert a food group? We didn't get dessert.

I think I saw some cookies they took from the house.

You and Lucy never called off the wedding before the wedding, did you?

closer it got, the more often we called it off.

But she never gave you back the ring, did she?

Every time.

No kidding.

No kidding.

Did that make you angry?

Women don't always mean what they say.

Sometimes they seem to be a bit possessed.

Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes that's a bad thing. And they're not

just in moods, they are moods. They go from one mood to another mood, and...

You just have to go with the flow.

I'm held accountable for everything I say.

I don't think I should just let Rose off the hook and ignore everything she says

and attribute it to whatever mood she's in. That's not fair.

That's not fair?

Simon, you sound like a 12 -year -old. Of course it's not fair. Life's not

If life were fair, we'd take turns giving birth.

I wouldn't mind giving birth.

Yeah, you'll change your mind.

Look, do you want to marry Rose or not?

I guess.

You guess?

I do.

I want to marry Rose. I'm just scared she doesn't want to marry me.

I don't want to be the one who gets dumped.

You should never make a decision out of fear.

Don't call off the wedding because you're afraid. Don't not call off the

because you're afraid.

If you love this woman, be a man, find her, fix this, and go ahead with your

plans. Don't put the blame on anyone.

Just take the responsibility.

What?

Don't you dunk?

Nah. I like the cookies separate from the milk. I'm a purist.

You know, I used to be a twist and lick. Now I'm a dunker.

My whole family are dunkers.

Except for Sam and David. I guess they'll grow into it.

Lucy dunks in front of the family. When she's with me, she twists and scrapes

the filling off with her finger and then dunks just the outside.

No kidding.

No kidding.

I think it's time for me to go home.

We should be having cookies with our brides.

Thanks, Kevin.

Thanks for driving all the way out here just to talk to me You're about to

become part of the husband's club if you live through the initiation you'll be

fine

Why

don't I go first

Since I drove all the way over here, I think that'd be a good idea.

I'm sorry, my car wouldn't start.

I think it needs a new battery.

And let me guess, you can't pay for it because you're paying for the ring.

That's right, I can't.

I got you that ring because you love that ring, and I love you.

You make me feel terrible for wanting that ring, Simon.

You make me feel like your entire life began to unravel when you bought it for

me.

The problem is I couldn't afford the ring.

The bigger problem is I wasn't man enough to just say that to you.

Yes, you did.

You told me you couldn't afford it.

But because I've always had pretty much anything I've ever asked for, I just

didn't get it.

I don't work.

I don't earn the money that pays for tuition and books in my apartment, and

I'm not very realistic about money.

I don't pay that much attention to what things cost because I've never had a job

and I've never had to pay for anything.

On the other hand, I've always been very realistic about money.

I always pay attention to how much every little thing costs. I've always tried

to earn my own money and save every penny anyone's ever given to me. So I'm

responsible, totally responsible for buying that ring.

And I'm going to be responsible for paying for it.

This is from Lucy and Kevin.

This is a lot of money.

Yes, it is.

Even I can see that.

This is our money.

Our money together.

And I think we should open up a joint checking account.

And we should only spend the money whenever we agree to spend it on

want.

But the ring?

The ring I'm paying for.

I know I tried to rush and pay for as much of it as I could before the

but that's because I hate being in debt for it. And my debt becomes your debt,

and your debt becomes my debt when we get married. And I don't want you to

in paying for your own ring.

Just so you know, I don't have any debts.

I have savings and stocks and something called a portfolio.

You want a prenup?

Are we getting married?

Let's see.

You're a twist and dunk, right?

Yeah.

I know your family are dunkers, but the only thing my parents ever agreed on was

this.

I love you Rose Will

you marry me on our wedding day? I will

Must be a Camden thing.

No, they're dunkers.

I know. I meant the cookies in the milk.

Seems there's a lot of that the past couple days.

I want to apologize to you about not calling you about Savannah.

I should have told you.

Yeah, but then again, I'm pregnant, and I probably would have panicked, and it

all turned out okay, so there's no harm done.

You would tell me if you really lost your ring, wouldn't you?

No, I don't think so.

I think I'd just buy a new one.

Really? That's the truth.

Well, just remember to put the inscription in the new one you buy to

you lost the old one. What inscription?

You didn't know that there's an inscription in your ring?

No.

There's not. I would have noticed.

I can't read that.

It's so tiny, I still can't read it. If I ever did notice it, I'm sure I just

thought it was the name of the jeweler or the gold weight or something.

It says you bring out the best in me.

You do bring out the best in me.

Well, thank you, and you bring out the best in me, but I didn't inscribe that

your ring.

That's why I knew it was in your ring.

I picked it up when you left it by the sink, which you still do.

Well, I hate getting soap on it. Yeah.

Well, I noticed that something was written on it.

But it's so tiny. I know. I picked up a magnifying glass, and I read it, and I

didn't know how or when it got there.

And then the same day, a tiny box arrived from the hotel where you had

staying. Addressed to me? No, addressed to both of us. So I opened it, and there

inside was your ring, your real ring, the ring I had given you, your wedding

ring. So I knew you had lost your ring, and I knew you had bought another one.

So I found the receipt in your pants pocket when I took your pants to the

cleaners. You check the pants pockets?

Always.

Didn't you wonder how you could get the same ring I gave you for practically

nothing? Well, the guy felt sorry for me. No, he didn't. He inscribed a ring

that probably, you know, nobody picked up or they brought back.

Oh.

I didn't want you wearing someone else's ring, so I, you know, took it and

inscribed it and switched it, and now you're wearing the real ring that I gave

you on our wedding day.

Why didn't you tell me?

Well, I knew you didn't tell me because you loved me and you didn't want to

upset me. And I didn't want to embarrass you. I figured sooner or later we'd

admit to one another what had really happened. But then one year passed and

another year and then another and another.

And, well, all these years you really have brought out the best.

I love

you. I know.

I love you, too.

You told Ruthie this story?

And Lucy and Mary.

They had their husband's rings inscribed with the same thing. That way, if Kevin

or Carlos lose their rings and try to replace it, they'll know right away.

Until this moment, it has been a Camden women's secret.

Well, Kevin has brought out the best in Lucy.

But Carlos and Mary, I don't know.

I don't think we've heard the end of that story yet.

Simon and Rose?

My mother told you that?

That has to be the longest held secret in Camden history.

You bring out the best in me.

We bring out the best in each other.