Vintage Ring Vanished!

I was inside a huge unfamiliar shopping mall. The crowd was unforgiving but what do you expect on a weekend? Without intent, without guidance, I found myself heading straight for the Vintage Jewelry Store. There were no glaring sale signs luring me in but I was feeling a little special and a little self-indulgence was in order.

I made my way to the end corner of the beautiful store; focused and determined to leave with a beautiful Vintage Ring in hand. My eyes lingered on the beautiful Vintage Engagement Rings, earrings, bracelets and pendants inside the huge glass cases, each one tightly secured with locks. From what I heard, this store offers a wide variety of jewelry from the Georgian period through the Retro period including Victorian, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, and Art Deco periods.

Lost for words; I was totally mesmerized by the shiny Vintage Rings that greeted me inside the store. Fickle me could not make up my mind as to which ring I wanted to bring home and then...I saw it! The friendly gentleman behind the counter proceeded to tell me the story behind this beautiful ring. The 19th century styled 14K gold ring comes with 14 rose cut diamonds, and one Baroque pearl mounted on a hand made silver plate. I am not one for pearls but this one here made the ring perfect and instantly my mind was made up! The price was a little high but the satisfaction I'd receive - Priceless! I happily took out my credit card from my lime green wallet when suddenly crazy Matt from Nip Tuck appeared out of nowhere! He had his mime costume on and his face was painted white just like on TV. He was holding his toy gun at the clerk. I knew it was a toy gun since I just finished watching the episode on TV but the clerk did not know that and handed him MY beautiful ring! I wanted to say something but the words did not come out. Matt rushed out of the store and I ran after him but I did not get far. I tripped over the expensive store rug and fell to the floor unconscious!

When I finally came to, I found myself sprawled on my bedroom floor! Where was Matt? Where was the jewelry store and most importantly, where was my beautiful Vintage Ring? Why oh why did I have to wake up before ending my dazzling dream?

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