I’ve lost my mind,” she said. “But one day, this box will save you.”
“Save me from what?”
“You’ll find out when it matters,” she replied.
I held the box on my lap during the entire bus ride home, and for the first time in my life, I let myself cry without checking who might see.
I left her house feeling truly loved for the first time, unaware it would be the last time I ever saw her alive.
The following Sunday, I stayed at work longer than planned, smiling