I Bought A Plane Ticket To Surprise My Pilot Husband On Our Anniversary

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The date was Tuesday, just forty-eight hours ago, during his last scheduled layover.

I held the receipt under the hall light, my eyes focusing on the single itemized line printed below the tax calculation.

One fourteen-karat gold baby bracelet, engraved with the name Clara.

The total was four hundred eighty-five dollars, paid in cash.