Just inside the entryway, Mason sat on an armchair, waiting for Meredith to show up. Hopefully, she got his note. The aroma of baked chicken filled the house. That was his surprise. He was secretly an excellent chef.

As he waited, he stood up and walked over to the fireplace mantle. He opened his mother's old jewelry box and picked up the sparkling diamond ring that used to be hers. It was the ring that his father gave Mason's mother when they first got engaged. And Mason hoped to someday give it to the woman he would someday marry...

Now, where was Meredith?