She held her hand out under the pink silk-shaded lamp and looked at the heart and the two letters engraved there. C and N, the first letters of their names. She remembered their words to each other the night Nella had given the chain to her ...
‘And wear it every day, mind, especially tomorrow, yer wedding day, promise?’
‘I promise...’
Constance fastened the chain around her neck. This time she would keep her promise.