Some stories about high school sweethearts have a “happily ever after” ending that starts straight after prom. But while this story does have a “happily ever after” ending, it would take its heroes nearly 50 years to reach it – and not with each other.
Adrian Pearce and Vicki Allen dated for a short while when they were teens, and hadn’t seen each other for years since – but Adrian’s decision to keep a Christmas present Vicki had given him shortly before they broke up unopened, and to place it, year after year, under his Christmas tree, had created a bond between the two that would only reveal itself many years later. So what was Vicki’s wrapped gift, and why did Adrian keep it unopened for so long?
Read on to find out!