Lorraine shot him a disapproving look. “Well, Harry.
I’m sure they are just pretty good copies of the real ones. I’m an expert at thrift shopping, and I’ve found several pieces that look exactly like the real thing.”
“But what if they aren’t? We need to take them to a jeweler and have them checked!”
“They would charge us, Harry!”
“Who cares?
Think about the money if it’s real!” Harry didn’t want to listen to his wife. He forced Lorraine to accompany her to the jeweler, and it turned out she was wrong.
“Well, they’re real diamonds,” the jeweler declared as she examined them.
“What about the price?” Harry asked, excited.
“Well, we are looking at something worth thousands of dollars…”
Harry’s eyes lit up. “THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS?!”
“$30 thousand, sir,” the jeweler said, smiling, “and that’s a minimum.
Unique design, intricate touches, and let’s not forget about the natural pearls it bears.”
Lorraine and Harry couldn’t believe what they were hearing! As they walked out of the shop, Harry recommended they sell them and get a new car. But Lorraine had something else on her mind.
“I’m going to return it to the guy who sold me the sofa, Harry.”
“What?
Lorraine, are you insane? Think about the brighter future that awaits you! You can’t be that dumb!”
“Well,” she glared at him as she snatched the earrings from his grasp.
“I don’t want to live a better life at the expense of others. So I’m returning it!”
Harry wasn’t pleased with Lorraine’s decision, but she didn’t care. She went back to the flea market to look for the old man, but he was nowhere to be seen.
She asked a few other sellers if they knew who he was, but it was pointless.
Lorraine was disappointed, thinking she wouldn’t see the man again. But when she neared the end of the street, she noticed him entering an old house.
“Excuse me, sir!” she called out.
The old man turned around and recognized her immediately. “Oh, you!
Weren’t you the one who bought the sofa from me?”
She smiled. “I was, and I found these in a compartment behind it,” she said, showing him the diamond earrings.
The old man, Peter, smiled and his eyes welled up. “Oh, dear!
There they are! They’re my late wife’s earrings. I was looking for them everywhere.
I had hidden it from my greedy sons, who sold almost all her jewelry for money. Thank you for bringing them back, but you know what? They’re yours now to keep.
I believe it has finally found a new owner.”
“No, sir. I can’t keep them. They are really valuable, and it’s your wife’s last—”
“Please, I insist.”
Lorraine didn’t want to accept the earrings, but Peter kept insisting, so she caved in.
That night at home, she told Harry about it, adding that Peter was living in an old house alone, and he had no one to look after him.
Harry felt horrible about his selfish behavior and apologized to his wife. The next day, they paid Peter a visit to thank him and make him an offer.
“Actually, sir,” he said. “We’re wondering if you’d like to move in with us.
We have six children, but because Lorraine and I are orphans, none of them have ever had a grandfather. We would love to welcome you to our family….”
Peter couldn’t stop crying when Harry said that. “I don’t know what to say.
My sons abandoned me long ago, and then here you are, welcoming me into your family. Thank you, children. God bless you both!”
With that, Lorraine and Harry welcomed Peter home.
Peter was overjoyed to become a grandfather to 6 adorable children and have a loving family.
Source: amomama
