She blinks slowly, looking at the gift in her hands and then back up at John's face. It's almost like moving through water except it's her brain, not her body that feels sluggish. She nods her head, keeps nodding as she moves away from him and toward the sofa.

It's a special holiday, she can remember that now. She's even got a gift for him all wrapped and waiting under the tree. They had plans, there was something else...it doesn't matter now. Effie takes a seat and places the box on her lap and begins to unwrap it.

The lights from the tree shine off of the necklace and make it sparkle like there are trapped stars inside of it and it makes her breath catch in her throat for how beautiful it is. She's never seen anything like it in Darrow and she certainly never expected John to buy her anything so unbelievably precious.

"John." She looks at him with wide, slightly unfocused eyes. "It's stunning."