Posted 3:18 PM by jc

Um, I guess this my entry...?

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Drainage
Beth later said she was in the bathroom for just a few minutes. John disagreed; at least twenty, he said. Who knows how long she tarried there, moments after the proposal. Funny he should be comforted by the idea that she had remained for so long.

She had been elated with the question. She had gone to the bathroom to freshen up after weeping happily at the proposal. Silly girl. I suppose it was quite a surprise.

Beth went to wash the happy tears from her eyes, and decided to remove the ring while she did so. All went well until she was set to return the ring back to her finger. Her hands were still wet.

She had watched it go down. She had been frantic to retrieve it. She had squatted there, crying, thinking, pouring over her options. Finally, after her three or his twenty minutes had passed, she had done what she could.


So she left to tell John.