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Kendra.

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Try one and be honest.

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Not fair.

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You know my sweet tooth

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can't say no
to a00 a.m. cookie.

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I need to know
if they're good enough

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to make for Jason's parents
on Christmas Eve.

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Anything to help a friend
impress her future in-laws.

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You hate it.

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No, no, no, Sarah.
It's good.

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Just...

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maybe less peppermint?

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I think I ruined
my tastebuds last night.

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I ate a dozen already.

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Don't tell
your dentist boyfriend that.

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Oh, periodontist,
and it was just one date.

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No sparks?

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Oh, no sparks, no butterflies,

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no skipped heartbeats.

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Plus, we'll never see eye to eye
on my one true love...

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sugar.

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Are you ready for this meeting?

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I'm sure you'll get praise

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for your "30 Biggest
Regift Fails" list.

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Did you see how many people
already read it?

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Not enough
for Linda to trust me.

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She'll come around eventually.

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She promoted me

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because she said she liked
my vision for things,

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but the more time that goes by

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the further away this site gets
from actual journalism.

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Why don't you just quit
and go freelance?

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Pay is good
and I know what to expect.

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Why risk that?

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Plus, if you left,
you'd miss me too much.

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Well, yeah.

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That's mainly it.

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First off,
just want to say, Kendra,

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great regift piece.

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So far, it's the highest-clicked
list of the season!

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Peter, still getting
great traction

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on your article from last month

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on the development heiress
Sandra Evans.

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How a messy break-up
leads to a thriving business.

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Gossip and advice--

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the best of both worlds.

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Would love to get
a follow-up with her ex,

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see why he walked away
from having it all?

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Apparently,
he has fallen off the map.

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Keep looking.

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And as far as this month,

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our marketing team reports

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that the Friday
before Christmas

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is the highest online traffic
day of the season,

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so we need to get
all our Christmas content

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up by then.

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That's the 22nd, people!

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So, let me hear
some clickable Christmas ideas!

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Christmas cookie recipes
to impress your in-laws?

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Personal, love it!

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Celebrity influencer
slash rapper, Zigzag,

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is attempting
to set the world record

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for largest national toy drive.

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How would you make
a listicle of that?

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Oh, it would be
more of a human-interest piece,

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an introspective
on Zigzag's community relations

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and the labor required

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to organize
a toy drive of that scale.

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I know you're itching

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to expand what we publish
here at Quizzer,

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but I just don't think
our audience

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wants to read about

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the ins and outs
of organizing a toy drive.

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Now, if Zigzag was doing it
to impress his ex, Carmella,

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that would work.

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Right, well, then how about...

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"what kind of elf would you be
in the North Pole?"

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Perfect!
Do that one.

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And don't worry,

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when the right story
comes along, it'll be a go.

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All right, everyone, get to it!

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Another lunch hour,
another antique market.

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Are you sure your mom's ring
isn't with your dad's things?

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I think
it may have been misplaced

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with the stuff
for the estate sale.

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Oh, here.

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What can I do
for you ladies today?

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I wanted to take a look
at your watches.

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And she will browse your rings.

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Oh, the rings
are right up front here,

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and the watches are
just that way right there.

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Okay.

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Would you like to see one?

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Actually, um,

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have you seen any rings
that look like this one?

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Oh...

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It was my mom's
engagement ring.

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Oh...

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She died when I was 17,

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and she gave it to my dad
to keep for me,

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but after he passed last year,
it was lost.

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I do have one
with a similar cut.

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It's the same band, too.

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Oh...

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My mom's didn't have
an inscription.

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"Forever My Christmas Love,
1948."

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I wonder who this belonged to.

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I feel the same way.

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I wonder what the story is
behind it.

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What's this?

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That is the jeweler's insignia.

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A lot of hand-made jewelry
from that time has it.

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It's sort of like
an artist's signature.

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So this is traceable?

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The jeweler is.

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Okay, I'm between these two.

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Earth to Kendra?

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Oh, yeah, um,
that one for sure.

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I think I'm going to get it.

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I'm sorry, what?

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You're going to buy yourself
an engagement ring?

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Yes. But not for me,
for the story.

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What story?

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Who did it belong to?

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What was so special
about Christmas in 1948?

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How did it end up
parting ways with its owner?

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Okay, so for fun?

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No, this is it--

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the human-interest piece

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that is perfect

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to take Quizzer
to the next level.

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What if
there's no story behind it?

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If someone found
my mom's ring,

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I'd want them to track me down.

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Great.

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It's pretty,
but I don't think so.

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It would be
more of an investigative piece,

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following me
as I return the ring

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to its owner

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and uncover
the love story behind it.

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I just don't think
there's enough to go off of.

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Ever since I found out
my mom's ring was gone,

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I've felt like...

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part of me was missing.

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What if someone out there

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feels the same way
about this ring?

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I think that's something

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our readers
would be interested in.

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And the Christmas inscription

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makes it on theme
for our December posts.

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Sorry.

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It's a nice idea, but it feels
more like wishful thinking.

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Maybe if I did some digging?

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I hope one day
you find your mom's ring,

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I really do,

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but going on a wild goose chase

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and hoping there's
a clickable tale attached

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just isn't enough for me.

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I'm sorry, Kendra.

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Peter, can you come in here
for a minute, please?

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Thank you.

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Hello?

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Hey, where are you?

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I haven't seen you all day.

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I'm taking a personal day.

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To do what?

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I tracked down
where the ring was made

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using the jeweler's insignia.

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Pine Grove, Massachusetts.

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I think it's the cutest town
I've ever seen.

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Wait, I thought
Linda killed the story.

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She did.

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Um...

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But I am going
to have to prove her wrong.

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What about your elf assignment?

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Finished it.

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I did a similar one last year

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called "what kind
of reindeer would you be?"

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Just sorta modified it.

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Oh, right.

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I was inexplicably a Dasher.

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So what's the plan here?

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I'm going get

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the story on the ring,

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write a great piece,

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show it to Linda,

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change her mind,

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and publish it on Quizzer.com,

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hopefully forever shifting
the landscape of our site.

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That is a lot to process.

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Well, look, I haven't taken
a day off in three years.

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I have plenty
of personal days saved up.

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Manage your hopes.

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If it turns out
it's just some ring,

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promise me you'll
let this go?

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Yeah. Of course.

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Okay. I gotta run. Bye!

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Oh, um...

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Uh, excuse me.

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Hi.

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Do you know where
the Pine Grove jewelry store is?

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Uh...

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Well, Pine Grove doesn't have
a jewelry store, but the...

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the Jones General Store down the
street--

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they sell earrings.

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Isn't this 415 Main Street?

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Yeah, that's right.

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415.

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It's the bakery.

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Well, I see
that it's the bakery,

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but it's supposed to be
the jewelry store.

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Oh, is that
what it's supposed to be?

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Yes.

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Well, I'm sorry

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our Main Street's
not the way it's supposed to be.

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Uh...

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You know, I think that

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there's a complaint box
around here somewhere.

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Don't worry about it.

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I'm gonna let you
get back to, um...

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measuring the sidewalk,

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but you have been
a great help.

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You know, actually, I'm finished
measuring the sidewalk,

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so good luck to you
finding your jewelry store.

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-Okay.
-Okay.

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Well, hello!

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Can I help you with anything?

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Hi! Yes.

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I'm trying to find
the right address,

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but only the bakery pops up.

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Well, what are you looking for?

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Pine Grove Jewelers?

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Ah, well, you've got
the right address,

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but you're about
40 years too late.

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My grandfather
used to be a jeweler.

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This was his shop.

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But I didn't get that gene,
hence the bakery.

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Care for a sample?

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Things I can't say no to--

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sugar and Christmas.

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How about a box?

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50% off for new customers.

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Oh, no thank you.

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I actually tracked down
this address

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because I was researching...

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where this ring was made.

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Huh.

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Grandpa did nice work.

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I'm a writer
for Quizzer.com

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and I wanted to find out
who the ring was made for.

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I love their quizzes.

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Did you know that,
personality-wise,

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I most resemble
the reindeer Prancer?

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I could see that.

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So the ring?

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Unfortunately, I did not take
my wife's advice

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and digitize Grandpa's records.

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Oh.

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But I do have
his old ledger here.

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I could check that?

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That would be great.

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1948.

267
00:10:30,533 --> 00:10:31,700
Okay.

268
00:10:35,834 --> 00:10:38,667
All right... 1948...

269
00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,734
Oh, here we go.

270
00:10:42,867 --> 00:10:44,066
Diamond engagement ring.

271
00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:45,734
Ordered by...

272
00:10:45,867 --> 00:10:46,834
William Jones.

273
00:10:47,867 --> 00:10:49,300
Do you know him?

274
00:10:49,433 --> 00:10:52,567
Yeah, he and his wife, Pearl,
used to own the general store.

275
00:10:52,700 --> 00:10:54,033
Unfortunately,
they're both deceased.

276
00:10:54,166 --> 00:10:55,200
Oh.

277
00:10:55,333 --> 00:10:56,800
Is that the store down the road?

278
00:10:56,934 --> 00:10:59,300
Yeah, but it's after00,

279
00:10:59,433 --> 00:11:00,667
so they're probably closed.

280
00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:01,800
Oh.

281
00:11:01,934 --> 00:11:03,033
You know, Pearl's house

282
00:11:03,166 --> 00:11:04,700
is just a couple
of blocks from here,

283
00:11:04,834 --> 00:11:06,800
and her grandson, Michael,
lives there now.

284
00:11:06,934 --> 00:11:08,667
Maybe... Maybe he might know
something about the ring.

285
00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,633
Great.

286
00:11:10,767 --> 00:11:12,433
Thank you so much.

287
00:11:12,567 --> 00:11:14,033
Oh, yeah, sure.

288
00:11:14,166 --> 00:11:16,367
And, you know, if you're staying
long, my wife, Cathy,

289
00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:17,800
owns the bed and breakfast
in town, so.

290
00:11:19,133 --> 00:11:20,667
Wonderful. Paul.

291
00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:21,767
Yeah. Paul.

292
00:11:24,834 --> 00:11:26,100
Delicious.

293
00:12:08,266 --> 00:12:09,934
-Hello? Excuse me.

294
00:12:13,967 --> 00:12:14,934
Excuse me!

295
00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:19,200
Oh, it's you.

296
00:12:20,700 --> 00:12:21,567
I'm sorry.

297
00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:22,667
I didn't mean
to sneak up on you.

298
00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:23,734
I tried the front door,

299
00:12:23,867 --> 00:12:25,600
but then I heard
the noise, and--

300
00:12:25,734 --> 00:12:26,800
Well, I hate to disappoint,

301
00:12:26,934 --> 00:12:29,100
but, you know, this isn't
a jewelry store either.

302
00:12:33,867 --> 00:12:35,500
I'm looking for you.

303
00:12:35,633 --> 00:12:36,734
Well, look,
I don't mean to be rude,

304
00:12:36,867 --> 00:12:38,767
but whatever you're selling,
I probably don't need.

305
00:12:38,900 --> 00:12:39,900
Oh, I'm not a solicitor.

306
00:12:40,033 --> 00:12:42,900
Actually, um,
I wanted to ask you...

307
00:12:43,033 --> 00:12:44,367
about this ring.

308
00:12:45,633 --> 00:12:49,300
I think it belonged
to your grandmother.

309
00:12:49,433 --> 00:12:51,467
My grandma
never wore a ring like that.

310
00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:52,600
Are you sure?

311
00:12:52,734 --> 00:12:55,400
Well, she raised me,
so, yeah, pretty sure.

312
00:12:56,467 --> 00:12:58,000
-Oh.
-What is this for?

313
00:12:58,133 --> 00:13:00,166
Oh, I write for Quizzer.com.

314
00:13:00,300 --> 00:13:01,467
I was thinking I could--

315
00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,166
Wow, you guys are getting
creative, aren't you?

316
00:13:04,300 --> 00:13:05,700
A ring?

317
00:13:05,834 --> 00:13:07,300
That's how you thought
you'd get an interview?

318
00:13:07,433 --> 00:13:09,100
Look, like I've told all
of the reporters before you,

319
00:13:09,233 --> 00:13:10,166
I don't want to talk about it.

320
00:13:10,300 --> 00:13:11,567
I'm sorry.

321
00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:13,533
I think there's been
a misunderstanding.

322
00:13:13,667 --> 00:13:15,233
I'd appreciate it
if you'd leave.

323
00:13:24,834 --> 00:13:25,834
He just shooed you away?

324
00:13:25,967 --> 00:13:27,633
It was really strange.

325
00:13:27,767 --> 00:13:29,200
He said he didn't
recognize the ring

326
00:13:29,333 --> 00:13:30,333
and he thought I was there

327
00:13:30,467 --> 00:13:31,700
to interview him
about something else.

328
00:13:31,834 --> 00:13:33,000
What's his name?

329
00:13:33,133 --> 00:13:34,033
Michael Jones.

330
00:13:34,166 --> 00:13:35,233
I know that name.

331
00:13:35,367 --> 00:13:36,233
Why is that familiar?

332
00:13:36,367 --> 00:13:38,700
Probably because
it's as common

333
00:13:38,834 --> 00:13:40,066
as John Smith.

334
00:13:44,467 --> 00:13:45,967
Is this him?

335
00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:46,967
Yes, that's him!

336
00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:48,367
Wow, you're good.

337
00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:50,333
That's Sandra Evans' ex!

338
00:13:50,467 --> 00:13:53,300
You know that article Peter did
on that development heiress?

339
00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:54,500
Vaguely.

340
00:13:54,633 --> 00:13:55,867
I mean, I only skimmed it.

341
00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,300
Michael was
her business partner

342
00:13:57,433 --> 00:13:58,700
and her fiancé.

343
00:13:58,834 --> 00:14:00,433
Michael Jones
and Sandra Evans

344
00:14:00,567 --> 00:14:02,133
were the founders
of Upward Design,

345
00:14:02,266 --> 00:14:03,233
an architecture firm

346
00:14:03,367 --> 00:14:04,900
that specialized
in small-space living.

347
00:14:05,033 --> 00:14:06,367
Oh, right.

348
00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:07,734
Although this was
Evans' first venture

349
00:14:07,867 --> 00:14:09,300
outside of her family's
development empire

350
00:14:09,433 --> 00:14:11,066
and Jones
was an unknown architect,

351
00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:12,233
Forbes magazine

352
00:14:12,367 --> 00:14:14,066
soon deemed them
the next company to watch.

353
00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,367
Eight months ago,

354
00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:16,767
Jones abruptly left the company

355
00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:17,967
and all his shares

356
00:14:18,100 --> 00:14:19,633
after the two
ended their engagement.

357
00:14:19,767 --> 00:14:21,433
Huh.

358
00:14:21,567 --> 00:14:23,967
Seems like tons of sources
have statements from Sandra,

359
00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:25,600
but nothing from Michael.

360
00:14:25,734 --> 00:14:27,934
This interaction is making
so much more sense now.

361
00:14:28,066 --> 00:14:29,300
What are you going to do?

362
00:14:29,433 --> 00:14:31,233
I just need more time
to show him

363
00:14:31,367 --> 00:14:33,367
that I only want to know about
his grandma's ring, that's it.

364
00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:35,033
Good luck.

365
00:14:35,166 --> 00:14:37,233
He seems like
a very private person.

366
00:14:37,367 --> 00:14:38,333
Can I get you anything else?

367
00:14:40,367 --> 00:14:42,467
Actually, yeah.

368
00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:44,533
Can I get the address
to your wife's inn?

369
00:14:44,667 --> 00:14:46,133
No problem.

370
00:14:46,266 --> 00:14:47,600
Glad to hear
you'll be staying in town.

371
00:15:12,767 --> 00:15:13,867
Good evening.

372
00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,433
Hi. I was hoping you had room
here for tonight?

373
00:15:15,567 --> 00:15:17,300
Your husband
pointed me here.

374
00:15:17,433 --> 00:15:18,467
We sure do!

375
00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,033
Hi, I'm Cathy.

376
00:15:20,166 --> 00:15:21,934
I'm Kendra.
Nice to meet you.

377
00:15:22,066 --> 00:15:24,300
Are you in town for the Main
Street Christmas Festival?

378
00:15:24,433 --> 00:15:25,367
Tree lighting is tomorrow!

379
00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:28,266
No, actually, I'm here

380
00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,000
researching the origins
of an engagement ring.

381
00:15:31,133 --> 00:15:33,066
Turns out
Paul's grandfather made it.

382
00:15:34,433 --> 00:15:36,433
I found it
at an antique sale in Boston

383
00:15:36,567 --> 00:15:38,533
and I was hoping to write
an article on its backstory

384
00:15:38,667 --> 00:15:39,633
for the website I work for.

385
00:15:39,767 --> 00:15:41,000
Beautiful.

386
00:15:41,133 --> 00:15:42,600
Paul was able to find out

387
00:15:42,734 --> 00:15:44,200
that it was made
for Pearl Jones.

388
00:15:44,333 --> 00:15:46,467
I loved Pearl,
such a sweetheart.

389
00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:47,767
You knew her?

390
00:15:47,900 --> 00:15:51,000
I took over as chairwoman of the
Christmas Festival from her.

391
00:15:51,133 --> 00:15:52,867
Would you mind if I asked you
some questions about her?

392
00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:53,867
Not at all.

393
00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,200
Here, let me show you
to your room

394
00:15:55,333 --> 00:15:56,367
so you can get settled in,

395
00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:58,433
and I'll make us some cocoa.

396
00:15:58,567 --> 00:16:00,200
That sounds lovely.

397
00:16:00,333 --> 00:16:01,433
Thank you.

398
00:16:03,667 --> 00:16:06,700
My dad actually proposed
with his grandmother's ring

399
00:16:06,834 --> 00:16:08,066
in front of the Eiffel tower.

400
00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,333
Family heirloom.

401
00:16:10,700 --> 00:16:13,433
Knowing it's lost feels like...

402
00:16:13,567 --> 00:16:15,500
I've lost my parents
all over again.

403
00:16:16,734 --> 00:16:18,200
That's why it's become
a habit, really,

404
00:16:18,333 --> 00:16:20,433
to check any antique store
I come across.

405
00:16:20,567 --> 00:16:23,166
But this time,
I found someone else's ring,

406
00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:25,400
and I couldn't help but think,

407
00:16:25,533 --> 00:16:28,433
just maybe someone out there
might be missing it.

408
00:16:28,567 --> 00:16:30,066
I wish it looked
more familiar.

409
00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:31,834
How well did you know Pearl?

410
00:16:31,967 --> 00:16:33,367
I didn't really know Pearl well

411
00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:35,667
until I started helping out
with the Christmas Festival.

412
00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,400
You mentioned that before
and I saw the banner downtown.

413
00:16:38,533 --> 00:16:39,500
What is that?

414
00:16:39,633 --> 00:16:40,767
Every year
for the past 80 years,

415
00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:43,333
the town hosts events
along the main street.

416
00:16:43,467 --> 00:16:45,734
It leads up
to a big Christmas Eve dance.

417
00:16:45,867 --> 00:16:47,266
Tomorrow kicks it off

418
00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:48,934
with the tree lighting
in the town square.

419
00:16:49,066 --> 00:16:50,900
That sounds so fun.

420
00:16:51,033 --> 00:16:52,033
Growing up,

421
00:16:52,166 --> 00:16:53,667
my parents went all out
every year.

422
00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:54,667
I miss those days.

423
00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,300
Then you have to come.

424
00:16:58,400 --> 00:16:59,433
Oh.

425
00:16:59,567 --> 00:17:01,834
Speaking of
the Christmas Eve dance,

426
00:17:01,967 --> 00:17:03,133
I just thought of something

427
00:17:03,266 --> 00:17:04,600
that might be
of interest to you.

428
00:17:10,633 --> 00:17:12,066
The Christmas Eve
Decorating Committee

429
00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:13,100
from a few years ago.

430
00:17:13,233 --> 00:17:15,767
Pearl's last one with us.

431
00:17:15,900 --> 00:17:17,166
She looks really happy.

432
00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:18,934
She loved the dance so much.

433
00:17:19,066 --> 00:17:21,400
Apparently, that's where
her and her husband first met.

434
00:17:21,533 --> 00:17:22,867
Really?

435
00:17:24,266 --> 00:17:25,633
Do you know what year?

436
00:17:25,767 --> 00:17:26,667
You should ask her grandson.

437
00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:28,066
He be able to tell you
more about it.

438
00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:29,734
I tried.

439
00:17:29,867 --> 00:17:32,800
Michael made it very clear
he did not want to talk to me.

440
00:17:32,934 --> 00:17:34,834
Try her other grandson, Scott.

441
00:17:34,967 --> 00:17:38,166
He took over running
the family's general store.

442
00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:40,066
He'll be my first stop
in the morning.

443
00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:47,900
There we go.

444
00:17:48,934 --> 00:17:49,900
Whoa!

445
00:17:51,233 --> 00:17:52,200
I didn't know anyone was--

446
00:17:53,734 --> 00:17:55,100
It's you again.

447
00:17:55,233 --> 00:17:56,633
Yes, it's me.

448
00:17:56,767 --> 00:17:58,467
Sorry, I didn't see you there.

449
00:17:58,600 --> 00:17:59,900
What are you doing here?

450
00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:01,667
I thought
I'd made myself clear.

451
00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,567
Well, actually,
I am not here for you.

452
00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:04,667
Okay, good,

453
00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:05,834
because I'm on my way out

454
00:18:05,967 --> 00:18:07,633
and I wouldn't want
to talk to you anyway.

455
00:18:07,767 --> 00:18:08,834
Okay.

456
00:18:08,967 --> 00:18:10,233
-Bye.
-Bye.

457
00:18:28,033 --> 00:18:28,900
Good morning!

458
00:18:29,033 --> 00:18:30,066
Hi.

459
00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:31,533
Hi. I was just making
a cup of coffee.

460
00:18:31,667 --> 00:18:32,834
Would you like one?

461
00:18:32,967 --> 00:18:35,400
Oh, yes, please.
Thank you.

462
00:18:35,533 --> 00:18:36,667
Can I help you find anything?

463
00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,166
Um, in a way.

464
00:18:38,300 --> 00:18:40,000
I'm from out of town.

465
00:18:40,133 --> 00:18:41,233
My name's Kendra.

466
00:18:41,367 --> 00:18:42,633
Well, it's good
to meet you, Kendra.

467
00:18:42,767 --> 00:18:43,800
Welcome to Pine Grove.

468
00:18:43,934 --> 00:18:45,066
I'm Scott.
This is my wife, Trish.

469
00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:46,467
-Hi.
-Hi.

470
00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:50,333
I write for Quizzer.com,
and I was hoping we could talk.

471
00:18:52,433 --> 00:18:54,667
Look, my brother's business,
is just that,

472
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:55,734
his business.

473
00:18:55,867 --> 00:18:57,200
We have nothing to say about it.

474
00:18:57,333 --> 00:18:58,367
Oh, no, no.

475
00:18:58,500 --> 00:18:59,567
I'm not here about Michael.

476
00:18:59,700 --> 00:19:01,900
Actually, I found
this ring in Boston,

477
00:19:02,033 --> 00:19:03,467
and I think it belonged
to your grandmother,

478
00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:04,567
and I was wondering

479
00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:06,934
if you had
some more information on it.

480
00:19:07,066 --> 00:19:08,867
What makes you think
this was my grandmother's?

481
00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,800
I tracked the jeweler's insignia
to Pine Grove.

482
00:19:11,934 --> 00:19:13,400
It was made for William,
your grandfather.

483
00:19:15,734 --> 00:19:16,867
Hmm.

484
00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:17,900
I don't recognize it.

485
00:19:18,033 --> 00:19:20,033
So you never saw her wear it?

486
00:19:20,166 --> 00:19:21,233
Not even on special occasions?

487
00:19:21,367 --> 00:19:22,633
No. I don't think so.

488
00:19:22,767 --> 00:19:23,734
Are you sure it was Pearl's?

489
00:19:23,867 --> 00:19:24,800
No.

490
00:19:24,934 --> 00:19:26,033
That's what
I'm trying to confirm.

491
00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:27,433
The description
in the jeweler's ledger

492
00:19:27,567 --> 00:19:29,233
was the same,
but, so far,

493
00:19:29,367 --> 00:19:30,867
no one seems to remember
Pearl having this ring.

494
00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,633
Hmm. You asked Michael?

495
00:19:32,767 --> 00:19:34,433
I did.

496
00:19:34,567 --> 00:19:37,367
Um... right before he asked me
to leave his property.

497
00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:39,433
Yeah. He's had
a pretty rough year.

498
00:19:39,567 --> 00:19:40,567
There must be
something we can do

499
00:19:40,700 --> 00:19:42,734
to look into the ring.

500
00:19:42,867 --> 00:19:44,834
I was hoping to maybe
look through some family albums?

501
00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:47,967
Those are all with Michael
at the moment,

502
00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:49,734
and I really don't think
he'd be up for that.

503
00:19:49,867 --> 00:19:51,266
I want you both to know

504
00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,100
I didn't realize who Michael was
until I got here.

505
00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:55,734
I'm the editor in chief
at the Pine Grove Gazette.

506
00:19:55,867 --> 00:19:58,700
We have a whole back room
of old newspapers and microfilm,

507
00:19:58,834 --> 00:20:00,300
and the benefit
of being in a small town

508
00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:02,000
is that everything
makes the newspaper.

509
00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:04,066
Maybe you'd like to come look

510
00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:05,600
and see if there's
something helpful there?

511
00:20:05,734 --> 00:20:07,066
Yes, that would be great!

512
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:08,700
Great. I'm going right now
if you're free?

513
00:20:08,834 --> 00:20:10,266
I am!

514
00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:11,533
Thank you so much.

515
00:20:11,667 --> 00:20:12,633
Of course.

516
00:20:13,767 --> 00:20:15,033
Oh, thanks again
for the coffee.

517
00:20:15,166 --> 00:20:16,166
Yeah, you're welcome.

518
00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:18,600
Yeah.

519
00:20:18,734 --> 00:20:19,834
Bye, honey.

520
00:20:25,266 --> 00:20:27,767
I love that Pine Grove
still has a printed newspaper.

521
00:20:27,900 --> 00:20:29,233
Me too.

522
00:20:29,367 --> 00:20:31,000
It was one of the reasons
I moved here after college.

523
00:20:31,133 --> 00:20:32,000
So you're not from here?

524
00:20:32,133 --> 00:20:33,066
No.

525
00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:34,333
Became editor
about 10 years ago,

526
00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:35,400
I met Scott,

527
00:20:35,533 --> 00:20:36,600
and now it's home.

528
00:20:36,734 --> 00:20:38,600
-Did you know Pearl?
-I did.

529
00:20:38,734 --> 00:20:41,100
I was lucky enough to know her
for a few years, actually.

530
00:20:41,233 --> 00:20:42,200
She gave the best hugs.

531
00:20:44,266 --> 00:20:45,300
Do you know if there was ever

532
00:20:45,433 --> 00:20:47,200
a break-in or a robbery
at Pearl's residence?

533
00:20:48,233 --> 00:20:49,433
Not that I know of.

534
00:20:51,066 --> 00:20:52,900
You really are just here
just to investigate the ring.

535
00:20:53,033 --> 00:20:54,500
Ever since I found it,

536
00:20:54,633 --> 00:20:58,333
I've had this overwhelming need
to uncover the story behind it.

537
00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:00,834
I've been like that
my whole life.

538
00:21:00,967 --> 00:21:03,533
Always curious
to figure things out.

539
00:21:03,667 --> 00:21:06,200
My dad used to call me
"Nellie" as a nickname.

540
00:21:06,333 --> 00:21:07,333
As in Nellie Bly?

541
00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:10,867
"Energy rightly applied
and directed

542
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,734
will accomplish anything."

543
00:21:12,867 --> 00:21:14,500
Wow.

544
00:21:14,633 --> 00:21:15,900
She's the reason
I went into journalism.

545
00:21:16,033 --> 00:21:17,000
Me too!

546
00:21:18,767 --> 00:21:19,734
Let me show you something.

547
00:21:23,467 --> 00:21:25,633
This is our microfilm reader.

548
00:21:25,767 --> 00:21:27,367
Now, the Gazette's
been in print since 1902

549
00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:28,900
and everything
is organized by year.

550
00:21:30,033 --> 00:21:31,567
The ring inscription
says 1948,

551
00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:33,133
so I'll start around there.

552
00:21:33,266 --> 00:21:35,433
This is more
than I could ask for.

553
00:21:35,567 --> 00:21:37,033
I'll just be down the hall
if you need some help.

554
00:21:37,166 --> 00:21:38,967
Thank you again, so much.

555
00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:40,066
Of course.

556
00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:41,667
I'm just so excited
to see what you find.

557
00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,000
I'll let you know.

558
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,066
"War veteran and railroad worker
William Jones

559
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,467
proposed to Pearl Ellen
on December 24, 1948

560
00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,734
at the Pine Grove
Christmas Eve Dance,

561
00:22:14,867 --> 00:22:17,166
exactly one year
after they met."

562
00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:36,667
Oh, great,
the tree lighting!

563
00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:42,834
Oh!

564
00:22:42,967 --> 00:22:45,967
I mean, now it just feels like
you're following me around.

565
00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:47,700
I promise you, I'm not.

566
00:22:47,834 --> 00:22:49,467
I was just doing some research.

567
00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:50,533
Right, on that ring

568
00:22:50,667 --> 00:22:52,133
that you claim
belonged to my grandmother.

569
00:22:53,166 --> 00:22:54,767
Um...

570
00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:55,900
not a claim anymore.

571
00:23:02,233 --> 00:23:03,767
I've never seen
this picture before.

572
00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:05,433
They made a cute couple.

573
00:23:05,567 --> 00:23:07,967
And see?

574
00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:09,200
The ring.

575
00:23:14,166 --> 00:23:15,467
Where did you say
you found the ring again?

576
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:16,700
Antique sale in Boston.

577
00:23:16,834 --> 00:23:19,300
How'd it wind up in Boston?

578
00:23:19,433 --> 00:23:20,600
That's what I want to know.

579
00:23:21,767 --> 00:23:24,000
They seem like they were
very much in love.

580
00:23:24,133 --> 00:23:25,200
You know, after he died,

581
00:23:25,333 --> 00:23:26,967
she'd go on and on
about how great a man he was.

582
00:23:28,734 --> 00:23:29,600
I mean, maybe it was stolen?

583
00:23:29,734 --> 00:23:30,667
Maybe.

584
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:31,800
I sometimes wonder

585
00:23:31,934 --> 00:23:33,033
if that's what happened
to my mom's.

586
00:23:33,166 --> 00:23:35,867
I was searching for her ring
when I found this one.

587
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,500
Kendra!
You left your laptop.

588
00:23:38,633 --> 00:23:40,033
Oh, you're a life saver.

589
00:23:41,900 --> 00:23:42,800
Thank you so much.

590
00:23:42,934 --> 00:23:44,300
-Michael, hey.
-Hey.

591
00:23:44,433 --> 00:23:45,667
Did Kendra show you
what she found?

592
00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,867
Uh, yeah, she did.

593
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,600
So, how's the set-up coming?

594
00:23:49,734 --> 00:23:50,800
It's getting there.

595
00:23:50,934 --> 00:23:52,967
The newspaper sponsors
the Main Street Festival,

596
00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,433
so I wrangled
this builder extraordinaire

597
00:23:54,567 --> 00:23:55,433
to set up the booths.

598
00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:56,433
Oh!

599
00:23:56,567 --> 00:23:58,200
I am happy
to put my skills to use.

600
00:23:58,333 --> 00:23:59,333
The best architects
are the ones

601
00:23:59,467 --> 00:24:00,967
who know how to build
with their own two hands.

602
00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:02,200
Do you have a firm
here in Pine Grove?

603
00:24:02,333 --> 00:24:04,100
Uh, no.
No, I don't.

604
00:24:04,233 --> 00:24:05,667
Well, it's something
to consider.

605
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:06,700
You know what,

606
00:24:06,834 --> 00:24:08,000
I haven't really decided

607
00:24:08,133 --> 00:24:09,767
what my future business plans
are, but in the time being,

608
00:24:09,900 --> 00:24:11,600
I should probably
get back to these booths.

609
00:24:11,734 --> 00:24:13,834
From everything
I've read and heard,

610
00:24:13,967 --> 00:24:15,533
the Pine Grove
Christmas Festival

611
00:24:15,667 --> 00:24:17,033
seems like the place to be.

612
00:24:17,166 --> 00:24:18,200
So you'll come?

613
00:24:18,333 --> 00:24:19,767
Um, sugary treats,

614
00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:20,834
Christmas-tree lightings,

615
00:24:20,967 --> 00:24:22,367
a chance to ask around
about Pearl?

616
00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:23,367
Oh, I'll be there.

617
00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:24,867
Great!

618
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,333
Actually, if you need
a hand with anything,

619
00:24:26,467 --> 00:24:27,333
I'd love to help out.

620
00:24:27,467 --> 00:24:28,767
It's just been me
the past couple of years,

621
00:24:28,900 --> 00:24:29,767
so it's been a while

622
00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:31,500
since I've had
a proper Christmas.

623
00:24:31,633 --> 00:24:32,834
We would love that!

624
00:24:32,967 --> 00:24:33,867
I'll go get the sign-up sheet.

625
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,133
-Okay.
-Okay.

626
00:24:43,867 --> 00:24:45,300
I've gotten up
to talk to you twice now

627
00:24:45,433 --> 00:24:47,367
before remembering
you're not here today.

628
00:24:47,500 --> 00:24:48,400
I miss you, too.

629
00:24:48,533 --> 00:24:50,000
Find anything out?

630
00:24:50,133 --> 00:24:51,700
I found out
where they got engaged,

631
00:24:51,834 --> 00:24:53,200
when they got engaged.

632
00:24:53,333 --> 00:24:54,934
I know that no one remembers
Pearl having the ring,

633
00:24:55,066 --> 00:24:56,066
but...

634
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,266
she is pictured
right here wearing it.

635
00:25:00,433 --> 00:25:01,400
And Michael Jones?

636
00:25:01,533 --> 00:25:02,467
Any luck with him?

637
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,533
I think he's slowly
coming around.

638
00:25:05,934 --> 00:25:07,133
Michael Jones?

639
00:25:07,266 --> 00:25:09,333
Development heiress
Sandra Evans' ex, Michael Jones?

640
00:25:09,467 --> 00:25:11,300
Hi, Linda.

641
00:25:11,433 --> 00:25:13,400
Well, I hope you're enjoying
your personal days

642
00:25:13,533 --> 00:25:15,166
because we need you
back here pronto

643
00:25:15,300 --> 00:25:16,633
for a list
of the most popular names

644
00:25:16,767 --> 00:25:19,633
given to babies
born in December.

645
00:25:19,767 --> 00:25:21,133
Right. I'll be back tomorrow.

646
00:25:21,266 --> 00:25:23,066
I was just doing
one last thing before I--

647
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:24,333
Where are you?

648
00:25:24,467 --> 00:25:25,700
Is that a painting of a fish?

649
00:25:27,033 --> 00:25:28,767
Um, actually,
I'm in Pine Grove.

650
00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:30,767
Doing what?

651
00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:33,000
I traced that ring,

652
00:25:33,133 --> 00:25:34,734
and it turns out
it was made right here.

653
00:25:34,867 --> 00:25:36,967
You are one stubborn writer,
you know that?

654
00:25:37,100 --> 00:25:37,967
Spending your days off

655
00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:39,400
researching a story
I said no to.

656
00:25:40,867 --> 00:25:42,400
So, have you solved
the great ring mystery?

657
00:25:42,533 --> 00:25:44,633
Not yet, but getting traction.

658
00:25:44,767 --> 00:25:46,433
And how does Michael Jones
play into all of this?

659
00:25:46,567 --> 00:25:47,734
Funny coincidence,

660
00:25:47,867 --> 00:25:49,166
the ring belonged
to his grandmother.

661
00:25:50,433 --> 00:25:52,166
Have you interviewed him?

662
00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:54,100
Not officially, no.

663
00:25:54,233 --> 00:25:55,834
You know what?

664
00:25:55,967 --> 00:25:57,600
I should have trusted
your instincts with this ring

665
00:25:57,734 --> 00:25:58,600
from the start.

666
00:25:58,734 --> 00:26:00,233
Really?

667
00:26:00,367 --> 00:26:02,500
Yeah, I think
there's a story there.

668
00:26:02,633 --> 00:26:04,133
So...

669
00:26:04,266 --> 00:26:05,700
I can keep
looking into things here?

670
00:26:05,834 --> 00:26:07,700
Get as much information
as you can.

671
00:26:07,834 --> 00:26:08,800
Stay a few days.

672
00:26:08,934 --> 00:26:10,000
Quizzer will pick up the tab.

673
00:26:10,133 --> 00:26:12,000
I appreciate that.

674
00:26:12,133 --> 00:26:14,000
Just find out everything
about the family.

675
00:26:14,133 --> 00:26:15,200
And the ring.

676
00:26:15,333 --> 00:26:16,200
Of course.

677
00:26:16,333 --> 00:26:17,700
Broken engagements, lost rings,

678
00:26:17,834 --> 00:26:18,800
perhaps a parallel

679
00:26:18,934 --> 00:26:20,567
holiday-heartbreak storyline?

680
00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:23,867
Well, I'm not sure
if that's the exact angle,

681
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,300
but I'll find out
the whole story.

682
00:26:25,433 --> 00:26:26,700
But whatever you find,
make it fit,

683
00:26:26,834 --> 00:26:28,667
and remember, I need it
by midnight Thursday.

684
00:26:31,433 --> 00:26:32,400
At least now Linda's on board.

685
00:26:32,533 --> 00:26:33,667
Well, she seemed to perk up

686
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,166
when I mentioned the ring's
connection to Michael.

687
00:26:36,300 --> 00:26:38,000
If that's what it takes
to get her to back you,

688
00:26:38,133 --> 00:26:40,300
then just maybe mention him
in a sentence or two?

689
00:26:40,433 --> 00:26:42,867
Or...

690
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,133
I'll just have to show Linda
more what I had in mind.

691
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:47,934
See ya.

692
00:26:50,767 --> 00:26:52,100
Hmm.

693
00:26:57,166 --> 00:26:58,900
Merry Christmas.

694
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,133
Oh, everything looks so good.

695
00:27:03,266 --> 00:27:04,667
Please, take one on us.

696
00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:07,266
Which one?

697
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,000
Mini trifle cup.
Hands-down.

698
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:12,400
Coming right up.

699
00:27:12,533 --> 00:27:14,300
Michael, the booth
looks amazing this year.

700
00:27:14,433 --> 00:27:15,767
Good. I'm glad I could help.

701
00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:18,600
Actually, while you still have
your toolbox on you,

702
00:27:18,734 --> 00:27:20,066
do you mind hanging
the extra garland

703
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,266
around the stage platform?

704
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:22,266
It just looks a little bland.

705
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:23,300
Say no more.

706
00:27:23,433 --> 00:27:24,467
Paul, do you want
to give me a hand?

707
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,300
Sorry, I have to get
more snowman eclairs.

708
00:27:27,433 --> 00:27:28,400
I can help you.

709
00:27:29,700 --> 00:27:31,400
Uh, yeah, okay. Sure.

710
00:27:33,266 --> 00:27:34,233
One for the road?

711
00:27:38,166 --> 00:27:39,667
Oh.

712
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,667
Oh!

713
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,100
So, when you were
measuring the sidewalks,

714
00:27:47,233 --> 00:27:49,633
it was to help you
set up for all this?

715
00:27:49,767 --> 00:27:50,633
Yeah.

716
00:27:50,767 --> 00:27:52,300
Well, it looks great.

717
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,433
I can't tell
if you're mocking me.

718
00:27:55,567 --> 00:27:56,867
No, I'm serious.

719
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,767
It's beautiful.

720
00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:00,934
My grandma served

721
00:28:01,066 --> 00:28:02,200
on the town's
Christmas committee,

722
00:28:02,333 --> 00:28:03,567
every single year--

723
00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:05,433
the group that puts together
the Main Street Festival.

724
00:28:05,567 --> 00:28:07,934
You should have seen the store
back in those days.

725
00:28:08,066 --> 00:28:10,734
I mean, people would come in
from all over.

726
00:28:12,300 --> 00:28:14,667
She always volunteered
me and Scott, so...

727
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:15,800
helping out, it just--

728
00:28:15,934 --> 00:28:17,200
it's...

729
00:28:17,333 --> 00:28:19,133
just a way for me
to feel connected to her.

730
00:28:19,266 --> 00:28:20,500
How come there's really not

731
00:28:20,633 --> 00:28:21,834
that much decoration
at the store now?

732
00:28:21,967 --> 00:28:23,367
That's Scott's jurisdiction.

733
00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:25,166
I mean, we both
inherited the store,

734
00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:26,533
it's just...

735
00:28:26,667 --> 00:28:28,633
after I moved to New York,

736
00:28:28,767 --> 00:28:29,734
it became his thing.

737
00:28:31,300 --> 00:28:32,300
I don't know.

738
00:28:32,433 --> 00:28:33,900
I haven't really been home
for a few Christmases,

739
00:28:34,033 --> 00:28:36,066
so I wouldn't feel right
telling him what to do with
the place.

740
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,500
And it seems like
Pearl's Christmas shoes

741
00:28:39,633 --> 00:28:40,600
would be hard to fill.

742
00:28:40,734 --> 00:28:43,367
If this town had crowned
a Christmas queen,

743
00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:45,166
it would have been grandma.

744
00:28:45,300 --> 00:28:46,333
What was her favorite part?

745
00:28:46,467 --> 00:28:47,800
Oh, hands-down,
the Christmas Eve Dance.

746
00:28:47,934 --> 00:28:49,300
Where she met your grandfather.

747
00:28:49,433 --> 00:28:50,300
That's right. Yeah.

748
00:28:50,433 --> 00:28:51,400
Pass me the--

749
00:28:54,433 --> 00:28:56,233
-Thank you.
-You're welcome.

750
00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:01,734
You seem more at ease
when you're working.

751
00:29:03,633 --> 00:29:06,233
Well, you know, manual labor
was always my forte.

752
00:29:06,367 --> 00:29:08,266
I just never really got around
to doing much of it in New York.

753
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:09,333
It's rare that you see

754
00:29:09,467 --> 00:29:11,333
architects
actually doing the building.

755
00:29:11,467 --> 00:29:13,000
Normally, we're expected
to pose in hard hats

756
00:29:13,133 --> 00:29:14,600
on magazine covers.

757
00:29:14,734 --> 00:29:15,934
I have a hard time
seeing you modeling.

758
00:29:16,066 --> 00:29:17,266
I'm gonna take that
as a compliment.

759
00:29:18,834 --> 00:29:19,700
So...

760
00:29:19,834 --> 00:29:21,100
So.

761
00:29:21,233 --> 00:29:22,567
What were Pearl and William
like together?

762
00:29:22,700 --> 00:29:23,900
You don't give up, do you?

763
00:29:24,033 --> 00:29:26,266
No.

764
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,834
I was about 10
when my grandfather died,

765
00:29:28,967 --> 00:29:30,033
so I don't really have

766
00:29:30,166 --> 00:29:31,900
too many memories
of the two of them together,

767
00:29:32,033 --> 00:29:33,734
but from
all the stories I've heard

768
00:29:33,867 --> 00:29:36,333
and the pictures I've seen,

769
00:29:36,467 --> 00:29:39,600
they seem like two people
who were very much in love.

770
00:29:41,333 --> 00:29:43,934
But it's hard growing up
with that as a measuring stick.

771
00:29:44,066 --> 00:29:46,767
I mean, my parents were...

772
00:29:46,900 --> 00:29:48,767
the perfect example
of soulmates.

773
00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:50,500
-They made it look easy?
-Yes.

774
00:29:50,633 --> 00:29:52,433
They set some
pretty high standards

775
00:29:52,567 --> 00:29:55,734
that, um...

776
00:29:55,867 --> 00:29:57,233
I still seem to be chasing.

777
00:29:57,367 --> 00:29:58,767
If only we knew their secrets.

778
00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:05,700
I'd say the garland
looks pretty good.

779
00:30:05,834 --> 00:30:07,700
I'm gonna focus on the speakers
and the microphones,

780
00:30:07,834 --> 00:30:09,567
see if I can get them ready
before the countdown starts.

781
00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:10,567
Okay.

782
00:30:10,700 --> 00:30:12,600
And, um,
that roasted-chestnut booth

783
00:30:12,734 --> 00:30:15,200
has been calling my name
all night.

784
00:30:15,333 --> 00:30:16,367
All right.

785
00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:17,867
Well, listen,
thank you for your help.

786
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,367
Thanks for actually
letting me ask you a question

787
00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:21,834
without telling me to get lost.

788
00:30:21,967 --> 00:30:23,533
-All right.
-See ya.

789
00:30:23,667 --> 00:30:24,633
Bye.

790
00:30:30,066 --> 00:30:31,100
Mic hooked up
for the countdown?

791
00:30:31,233 --> 00:30:32,233
Just about.

792
00:30:32,367 --> 00:30:34,667
You and Kendra
seem to be getting along.

793
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:35,667
Thank you so much.

794
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:36,867
Yeah.

795
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:37,867
She... she gave me a hand.

796
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,367
She seems nice.

797
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:41,266
She is.

798
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,200
It's...

799
00:30:43,333 --> 00:30:44,734
What?

800
00:30:44,867 --> 00:30:45,834
Part of me can't help but think

801
00:30:45,967 --> 00:30:46,934
it's one big ruse

802
00:30:47,066 --> 00:30:48,467
to get the scoop
on my break-up with Sandra.

803
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,367
She did find Pearl's ring,

804
00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,066
and she drove all the way here
to look into it.

805
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:53,734
I don't know,
that seems genuine to me.

806
00:30:53,867 --> 00:30:54,967
Look, I know

807
00:30:55,100 --> 00:30:56,700
you don't like to talk about
what happened in New York,

808
00:30:56,834 --> 00:30:59,867
but I hope you know we're here
for you if you want to.

809
00:31:00,066 --> 00:31:01,467
All you need to know

810
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,633
is that I fell
for the wrong person...

811
00:31:04,767 --> 00:31:05,900
and I'm not eager
to do that again.

812
00:31:06,033 --> 00:31:06,967
We want you to know

813
00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:08,600
that we think
it's possible to trust again.

814
00:31:09,633 --> 00:31:13,000
Maybe try showing her
some of grandma's things?

815
00:31:13,133 --> 00:31:15,333
Let her prove she's here
for the right reasons.

816
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:19,500
Merry Christmas.

817
00:31:22,300 --> 00:31:23,467
So, ever since
we've parted ways,

818
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,400
you've just been going around,

819
00:31:25,533 --> 00:31:28,166
asking strangers
about my grandparents?

820
00:31:28,300 --> 00:31:29,266
Pretty much.

821
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,567
Mrs. Katz was just telling me

822
00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:32,967
that Pearl was
the three-time winner

823
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:34,800
of the Fourth of July
Hot Dog Eating Contest.

824
00:31:34,934 --> 00:31:36,166
Actually, she won four times.

825
00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:37,600
Impressive.

826
00:31:37,734 --> 00:31:38,967
She was an impressive woman.

827
00:31:39,100 --> 00:31:40,200
That's what I'm gathering.

828
00:31:41,734 --> 00:31:42,834
Hello, everyone!

829
00:31:42,967 --> 00:31:45,667
They're starting.
Come on.

830
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:46,967
Welcome to
the Pine Grove Gazette's

831
00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:49,100
annual Christmas-Tree-lighting
ceremony.

832
00:31:54,066 --> 00:31:55,667
Now, a very special thanks

833
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,433
goes to
the Christmas Festival Committee

834
00:31:57,567 --> 00:31:59,300
and everyone here
who helped set this up.

835
00:32:05,533 --> 00:32:07,667
And now
for the very best part,

836
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,567
I want to hear you
all count along loudly with me.

837
00:32:09,700 --> 00:32:10,667
Ready?

838
00:32:12,133 --> 00:32:13,000
10...

839
00:32:13,133 --> 00:32:14,000
9...

840
00:32:14,133 --> 00:32:15,500
8... 7...

841
00:32:15,633 --> 00:32:17,400
6... 5...

842
00:32:17,533 --> 00:32:18,467
4...

843
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,200
3, 2...

844
00:32:20,333 --> 00:32:21,867
1!

845
00:32:27,867 --> 00:32:29,567
This place is so special.

846
00:32:34,633 --> 00:32:37,633
Look, if you want
to come by tomorrow,

847
00:32:37,767 --> 00:32:39,400
I could show you
some of my grandparents' things.

848
00:32:40,867 --> 00:32:43,300
I mean, it might be useful,
you know.

849
00:32:43,433 --> 00:32:44,667
For the story.

850
00:32:45,934 --> 00:32:47,734
That would be wonderful.

851
00:32:47,867 --> 00:32:49,166
Thank you.

852
00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:51,133
-Sure.
-Okay.

853
00:32:51,266 --> 00:32:52,400
Okay.

854
00:32:52,533 --> 00:32:54,367
I'll see you tomorrow.

855
00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:55,467
Great.

856
00:33:16,266 --> 00:33:17,166
I hope I'm not too early.

857
00:33:17,300 --> 00:33:18,967
No, you're good.

858
00:33:19,100 --> 00:33:20,100
I...

859
00:33:20,233 --> 00:33:21,667
was just trying to finish
updating the back porch

860
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:22,767
before another snow storm.

861
00:33:25,133 --> 00:33:26,266
What's under that blanket?

862
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,066
That is actually
my grandfather's old car.

863
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,333
It stopped running
before I was born,

864
00:33:31,467 --> 00:33:32,467
but my grandmother kept it.

865
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,533
I've been tinkering with it
here and there,

866
00:33:34,667 --> 00:33:36,100
trying to get it going again.

867
00:33:37,633 --> 00:33:38,600
Wow!

868
00:33:41,133 --> 00:33:42,033
A '51 Chevy Deluxe?

869
00:33:42,166 --> 00:33:44,100
Yeah. You know your cars.

870
00:33:44,233 --> 00:33:47,166
It's that whole
mid-century Christmas era.

871
00:33:47,300 --> 00:33:50,166
I've always been obsessed
with anything related to it.

872
00:33:50,300 --> 00:33:51,300
I think it started

873
00:33:51,433 --> 00:33:53,100
because all my best
Christmas memories

874
00:33:53,233 --> 00:33:54,767
were inspired
by that time period.

875
00:33:55,967 --> 00:33:57,300
Listening to Nat King Cole

876
00:33:57,433 --> 00:33:58,767
while decorating our tree

877
00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:01,867
with those old-school
"Shiny Brite" bulb ornaments.

878
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,100
I love Nat King Cole.

879
00:34:04,233 --> 00:34:05,400
And my dad inherited

880
00:34:05,533 --> 00:34:06,734
my grandfather's collection

881
00:34:06,867 --> 00:34:09,166
of these comic books
called the Christmas Almanacs.

882
00:34:09,300 --> 00:34:10,333
I loved flipping through them,

883
00:34:10,467 --> 00:34:11,433
not for the stories,

884
00:34:11,567 --> 00:34:13,100
but for the ads inside

885
00:34:13,233 --> 00:34:15,467
depicting
the picture-perfect Christmas.

886
00:34:16,834 --> 00:34:17,867
I get it.

887
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,433
It's like...

888
00:34:19,567 --> 00:34:21,934
It's like a feeling of nostalgia
for a time we've never been to.

889
00:34:22,066 --> 00:34:23,600
Exactly.

890
00:34:23,734 --> 00:34:25,500
Yeah.

891
00:34:25,633 --> 00:34:27,500
Maybe that's why I was so drawn
to Pearl's ring.

892
00:34:27,633 --> 00:34:29,500
In that case,
shall we go inside?

893
00:34:30,734 --> 00:34:32,166
Because there is
a bunch of stuff in the attic

894
00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:34,667
that I think you are going to be
very interested in.

895
00:34:36,567 --> 00:34:37,433
Okay.

896
00:34:37,567 --> 00:34:38,934
Thank you.

897
00:34:39,066 --> 00:34:40,000
It's mostly the same

898
00:34:40,133 --> 00:34:42,500
as when my grandmother
lived here.

899
00:34:42,633 --> 00:34:44,266
You know,
minus the Christmas decorations,

900
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:45,834
obviously that's all me.

901
00:34:45,967 --> 00:34:47,166
I just--

902
00:34:47,300 --> 00:34:48,834
I haven't had the heart
to take anything down yet,

903
00:34:48,967 --> 00:34:50,700
plus...

904
00:34:50,834 --> 00:34:52,166
you know, I don't know
how long I'm staying.

905
00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:53,266
Did you grow up here?

906
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:54,367
Yeah.

907
00:34:57,533 --> 00:35:01,066
Our parents died in an accident
when we were very little,

908
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:02,333
so we came to live here.

909
00:35:02,467 --> 00:35:03,667
After Grandpa died,

910
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,300
it was just Pearl
and the two of us, so.

911
00:35:06,433 --> 00:35:08,200
That's a lot to take on.

912
00:35:09,467 --> 00:35:10,667
She didn't think
twice about it.

913
00:35:13,100 --> 00:35:16,667
I love the old-school
Greek-revival architecture.

914
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,333
Talk about being transported
back in time.

915
00:35:19,467 --> 00:35:21,767
Well, actually,
it's called Colonial.

916
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,333
Because it was built
in the 1890s.

917
00:35:25,467 --> 00:35:27,333
I guess growing up
in a house like this

918
00:35:27,467 --> 00:35:29,900
really fueled
your passion for design.

919
00:35:30,033 --> 00:35:31,133
That's funny,
you know,

920
00:35:31,266 --> 00:35:33,166
I never thought of it that way,
but, yeah, you're right.

921
00:35:33,300 --> 00:35:34,266
Plus, Grandpa was super handy.

922
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:36,300
In fact, he built
that whole Christmas village

923
00:35:36,433 --> 00:35:37,500
up on the fireplace.

924
00:35:42,567 --> 00:35:44,400
Oh, the detail is amazing.

925
00:35:46,367 --> 00:35:47,667
It's like he shrunk
a whole town.

926
00:35:48,967 --> 00:35:50,300
Wow.

927
00:35:50,433 --> 00:35:51,900
Look at the school.

928
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:56,967
Wow, I don't think
I've ever seen an attic

929
00:35:57,100 --> 00:35:58,367
so beautifully lit.

930
00:35:59,633 --> 00:36:01,133
Pearl made sure
there was a touch of Christmas

931
00:36:01,266 --> 00:36:02,400
all year round.

932
00:36:03,867 --> 00:36:04,867
You know, Scott and I

933
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,633
haven't really had a chance
to go through all these.

934
00:36:06,767 --> 00:36:07,734
We've been so busy

935
00:36:07,867 --> 00:36:09,000
trying to get the store
ready to sell.

936
00:36:09,133 --> 00:36:11,166
Feel free to take a look around.

937
00:36:11,300 --> 00:36:12,600
-Thanks.
-You're welcome.

938
00:36:15,667 --> 00:36:16,633
Oh...

939
00:36:18,934 --> 00:36:20,166
What's this?

940
00:36:22,266 --> 00:36:24,166
That is our old dress-up chest.

941
00:36:24,300 --> 00:36:25,600
Oh...

942
00:36:29,033 --> 00:36:30,467
It seems so much smaller.

943
00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:33,333
-I'll show you.
-Okay.

944
00:36:33,467 --> 00:36:34,600
-May I?
-Yeah.

945
00:36:35,867 --> 00:36:37,967
Grandma used to make
all our costumes.

946
00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:39,066
Wow. Okay.

947
00:36:41,133 --> 00:36:42,367
This is from
our school Christmas play.

948
00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:43,834
You played a reindeer?

949
00:36:43,967 --> 00:36:45,300
Comet to be exact.

950
00:36:45,433 --> 00:36:47,834
I would have pegged you
more as a Blitzen.

951
00:36:47,967 --> 00:36:49,300
Okay, that's really weird

952
00:36:49,433 --> 00:36:50,867
because I actually took
a quiz online one time

953
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,700
that said I was
more of a Blitzen.

954
00:36:52,834 --> 00:36:53,700
What?

955
00:36:53,834 --> 00:36:55,133
I wrote that quiz.

956
00:36:55,266 --> 00:36:56,133
Really?

957
00:36:56,266 --> 00:36:57,166
Mm-hmm.

958
00:36:57,300 --> 00:36:58,533
Because that feels
very different to me

959
00:36:58,667 --> 00:37:00,133
from investigating
the origins of a ring.

960
00:37:01,667 --> 00:37:04,767
Well, lists and quizzes
are Quizzer's bread and butter.

961
00:37:04,900 --> 00:37:09,400
My hope with doing this article
is to expand its horizons,

962
00:37:09,533 --> 00:37:12,367
focus on
more substantive pieces.

963
00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:13,900
-I like that.
-It's risky, though.

964
00:37:14,033 --> 00:37:15,567
If this fails,

965
00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:17,300
I'll be back to writing
"which tree topper are you"

966
00:37:17,433 --> 00:37:18,467
full time.

967
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,367
How did you end up
at Quizzer to begin with?

968
00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:21,633
Well, it turns out

969
00:37:21,767 --> 00:37:23,667
journalism jobs
are hard to come by.

970
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,066
Quizzer was one of
the only places hiring

971
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:26,066
when I got out of school.

972
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:27,433
Have you thought about leaving?

973
00:37:27,567 --> 00:37:28,567
I've gotten comfortable there.

974
00:37:28,700 --> 00:37:29,867
The pay is great,

975
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,700
and, oddly enough,

976
00:37:31,834 --> 00:37:34,200
I'm good at writing quizzes
about elves and reindeers.

977
00:37:36,667 --> 00:37:37,533
Even after I graduated

978
00:37:37,667 --> 00:37:38,967
from Cornell's
architecture program,

979
00:37:39,100 --> 00:37:40,033
I ended up spending six years

980
00:37:40,166 --> 00:37:43,200
working as an assistant
at a design firm.

981
00:37:43,333 --> 00:37:44,467
They kept promising
this promotion.

982
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:45,467
It never came.

983
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,767
So, one day, I just woke up,

984
00:37:47,900 --> 00:37:49,300
and that was it,
I'd had enough.

985
00:37:49,433 --> 00:37:50,300
I walked away.

986
00:37:50,433 --> 00:37:51,567
Wow.

987
00:37:51,700 --> 00:37:52,800
I started my own company.

988
00:37:52,934 --> 00:37:55,567
That sounds freeing.

989
00:37:55,700 --> 00:37:57,734
What I'm trying to say is that,
I mean, you could do that.

990
00:37:57,867 --> 00:38:00,433
Right? You could start
your own online magazine,

991
00:38:00,567 --> 00:38:02,967
you could focus on the stories
that you want to write.

992
00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:04,967
Talk about taking a risk.

993
00:38:07,567 --> 00:38:09,367
Pursuing anything you love
usually comes with...

994
00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:10,467
comes with risks.

995
00:38:19,066 --> 00:38:20,433
Um...

996
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,000
How cute is this?

997
00:38:23,133 --> 00:38:25,600
That is an elf that I made.

998
00:38:26,734 --> 00:38:28,300
In art class.

999
00:38:29,734 --> 00:38:31,834
Well, I'm so glad you went into
designing buildings

1000
00:38:31,967 --> 00:38:33,133
and not ceramic elves.

1001
00:38:33,266 --> 00:38:35,166
Okay, you know what,
how about you and I,

1002
00:38:35,300 --> 00:38:37,100
we grab a couple boxes,

1003
00:38:37,233 --> 00:38:38,667
and we go through them
downstairs?

1004
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,000
I'll make some hot chocolate.

1005
00:38:40,133 --> 00:38:41,100
Are you sure this is

1006
00:38:41,233 --> 00:38:43,500
so I don't find
any more elf statues?

1007
00:38:43,633 --> 00:38:44,934
No.

1008
00:38:45,066 --> 00:38:48,066
I just think that maybe
a sugar boost is in order.

1009
00:38:50,166 --> 00:38:51,133
Can't say no to that.

1010
00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:57,100
Grandma's debutante gloves.

1011
00:38:58,233 --> 00:39:00,767
Oh...

1012
00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:03,000
and her invitation
to the debutante ball.

1013
00:39:04,533 --> 00:39:05,867
-So elegant.
-Right?

1014
00:39:07,834 --> 00:39:09,166
What's this?

1015
00:39:10,967 --> 00:39:12,700
My grandfather's pay stubs
from the railway.

1016
00:39:14,333 --> 00:39:17,033
So she was a debutante
and he worked at the railroad?

1017
00:39:18,133 --> 00:39:19,266
Yeah.

1018
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,200
Huh.

1019
00:39:21,333 --> 00:39:23,033
Though they were from
two different worlds,

1020
00:39:23,166 --> 00:39:25,066
they still found each other.

1021
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,367
You make it sound
very romantic.

1022
00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:29,133
It is very romantic.

1023
00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:32,700
Can I see them?

1024
00:39:39,834 --> 00:39:42,033
-Strange.
-What is it?

1025
00:39:42,166 --> 00:39:43,934
Well, these pay stubs
are in chronological order,

1026
00:39:44,066 --> 00:39:45,767
but then there's
this huge gap in the dates.

1027
00:39:47,033 --> 00:39:48,066
Maybe some of them are missing.

1028
00:39:49,133 --> 00:39:50,834
What is this?

1029
00:39:50,967 --> 00:39:51,900
Blueprints.

1030
00:39:52,033 --> 00:39:53,433
Of the general store.

1031
00:39:55,367 --> 00:39:56,967
Wow. Unbelievable.

1032
00:39:58,333 --> 00:39:59,300
What's this?

1033
00:40:00,900 --> 00:40:02,500
"My dream for us. W."

1034
00:40:04,166 --> 00:40:05,233
Well, that's interesting.

1035
00:40:05,367 --> 00:40:07,367
I didn't know that
he designed the general store.

1036
00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:09,400
I always just assumed that it
was something

1037
00:40:09,533 --> 00:40:11,000
they bought together after
they got married.

1038
00:40:11,133 --> 00:40:12,100
Is there anything else with it?

1039
00:40:12,233 --> 00:40:13,200
-Maybe in that box?
-Um...

1040
00:40:19,500 --> 00:40:21,233
A deed for the property,

1041
00:40:21,367 --> 00:40:22,834
dated the same year
they got engaged.

1042
00:40:22,967 --> 00:40:24,233
-1948.
-Uh-huh.

1043
00:40:24,367 --> 00:40:27,033
The store didn't open
until 1951.

1044
00:40:29,166 --> 00:40:30,500
A structure the size
of the general store--

1045
00:40:30,633 --> 00:40:32,533
that shouldn't have taken them
three years to build.

1046
00:40:36,333 --> 00:40:37,567
Did Pearl ever mention anything

1047
00:40:37,700 --> 00:40:39,266
about her parents
not liking William?

1048
00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:42,934
No. I mean,
not that she ever told me.

1049
00:40:43,066 --> 00:40:44,033
Why?

1050
00:40:44,166 --> 00:40:45,667
I'm just wondering

1051
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,033
if her parents weren't happy
with her dating William.

1052
00:40:48,166 --> 00:40:49,333
Being a debutante,

1053
00:40:49,467 --> 00:40:51,200
she was supposed to date men
of a certain class, you know?

1054
00:40:51,333 --> 00:40:52,767
And William's job
at the railroad

1055
00:40:52,900 --> 00:40:54,533
would have been considered
working-class.

1056
00:40:54,667 --> 00:40:55,567
Where are you going with this?

1057
00:40:55,700 --> 00:40:56,934
Oh, I just think

1058
00:40:57,066 --> 00:40:58,900
it's an interesting facet
to the story.

1059
00:40:59,033 --> 00:41:00,266
So you're thinking

1060
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,266
William only wanted to be
with my grandmother

1061
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:03,433
because of her family's money?

1062
00:41:05,033 --> 00:41:06,667
Oh, no, not at all,
I didn't say that.

1063
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:08,467
To me, it looks like

1064
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:12,333
my grandpa was trying
to make something of himself.

1065
00:41:12,467 --> 00:41:13,633
Right?

1066
00:41:13,767 --> 00:41:14,900
He wasn't a gold digger.

1067
00:41:15,033 --> 00:41:16,767
I agree completely.

1068
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:17,900
All I'm saying is that

1069
00:41:18,033 --> 00:41:19,834
it's possible
her parents didn't like him

1070
00:41:19,967 --> 00:41:22,166
based on his status in life,
that's all.

1071
00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:23,967
Yeah, I'm sorry, I just--

1072
00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:25,000
I don't know why I overreacted.

1073
00:41:25,133 --> 00:41:26,066
No.

1074
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,266
It's okay.

1075
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:29,600
You don't need
to explain yourself.

1076
00:41:32,633 --> 00:41:34,266
You know what I think?

1077
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:38,400
I think our marshmallows
need replenishing.

1078
00:41:53,333 --> 00:41:55,066
-Good morning.
-Morning.

1079
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:56,400
Do you need a hand?

1080
00:41:56,533 --> 00:41:58,000
Oh!

1081
00:41:58,133 --> 00:41:59,033
Putting up more lights?

1082
00:41:59,166 --> 00:42:00,467
Oh, these aren't for here.

1083
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:02,333
They're for the bakery.
For Magnify Main Street night.

1084
00:42:02,467 --> 00:42:04,300
Magnify Main Street?

1085
00:42:04,433 --> 00:42:06,633
As part of the Main Street
Christmas Festival,

1086
00:42:06,767 --> 00:42:08,400
all the businesses
along Main Street

1087
00:42:08,533 --> 00:42:09,633
go all out with Christmas decor.

1088
00:42:09,767 --> 00:42:11,633
You think the street's
decorated now?

1089
00:42:11,767 --> 00:42:12,834
You should come back
Monday night.

1090
00:42:12,967 --> 00:42:14,200
People get pretty into it.

1091
00:42:15,767 --> 00:42:16,734
Hmm.

1092
00:42:21,333 --> 00:42:22,800
Merry Christmas!

1093
00:42:22,934 --> 00:42:24,367
You're in jolly spirits.

1094
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:26,867
I was helping Paul get ready
for Magnify Main Street,

1095
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,300
and he was telling me

1096
00:42:28,433 --> 00:42:31,066
how all the stores on the street
get decked out to the nines.

1097
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:32,767
Yeah, people get into it.

1098
00:42:32,900 --> 00:42:34,200
Michael mentioned

1099
00:42:34,333 --> 00:42:36,100
that you two used to help
decorate the store with Pearl.

1100
00:42:36,233 --> 00:42:37,767
We did.

1101
00:42:37,900 --> 00:42:38,767
Yeah, unfortunately,

1102
00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:40,066
I haven't had a chance
this year.

1103
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:41,133
Trish is busy at the paper

1104
00:42:41,266 --> 00:42:43,467
and it's a tough job
for one person.

1105
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:44,467
Hmm.

1106
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:46,033
Also, as of yesterday,

1107
00:42:46,166 --> 00:42:48,233
we just got our first offer
on the place, so...

1108
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,400
Must be hard
to sell something

1109
00:42:51,533 --> 00:42:52,734
that's been in the family
for so long.

1110
00:42:52,867 --> 00:42:54,533
Yeah.

1111
00:42:54,667 --> 00:42:56,433
It just hasn't been
doing as well

1112
00:42:56,567 --> 00:42:58,467
since we lost Grandma.

1113
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:00,200
I thought I had
what it took to run this place,

1114
00:43:00,333 --> 00:43:01,333
but...

1115
00:43:01,467 --> 00:43:02,633
Hey.

1116
00:43:02,767 --> 00:43:04,633
Come on, it's not your fault.

1117
00:43:04,767 --> 00:43:06,700
Everybody's just buying
everything online these days.

1118
00:43:07,767 --> 00:43:09,033
I would have loved
to have seen this place

1119
00:43:09,166 --> 00:43:10,333
all decked out
back in its heyday.

1120
00:43:10,467 --> 00:43:13,500
Grandma was always trying to
outdo herself year after year.

1121
00:43:13,633 --> 00:43:15,433
Do you remember the time
that she rented that kid train

1122
00:43:15,567 --> 00:43:16,500
to give rides around the store?

1123
00:43:16,633 --> 00:43:17,800
Yeah, or the time

1124
00:43:17,934 --> 00:43:19,200
she set up an ice rink
right out front?

1125
00:43:20,834 --> 00:43:22,166
Well, if it's a matter

1126
00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:23,333
of needing
an extra pair of hands,

1127
00:43:23,467 --> 00:43:24,433
I can help you.

1128
00:43:25,467 --> 00:43:26,800
We'll spruce up the store
Pearl-style!

1129
00:43:26,934 --> 00:43:28,033
We?

1130
00:43:28,166 --> 00:43:30,433
Oh, I'd love to be part of
the Pine Grove magic

1131
00:43:30,567 --> 00:43:31,934
and experience it all
first-hand.

1132
00:43:33,300 --> 00:43:34,266
I'm sure there are

1133
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:35,533
some great decorations
around here.

1134
00:43:35,667 --> 00:43:37,500
Yeah. Sounds good to me.

1135
00:43:37,633 --> 00:43:38,600
I don't know.

1136
00:43:38,734 --> 00:43:39,967
I mean, Grandma set the bar
pretty high.

1137
00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:42,166
It seems daunting.

1138
00:43:42,300 --> 00:43:43,834
So then in every decision,

1139
00:43:43,967 --> 00:43:45,867
we just have to ask ourselves
what would Pearl do?

1140
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:46,867
There you go.

1141
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:48,100
Come on.

1142
00:43:49,567 --> 00:43:50,533
It's in your DNA.

1143
00:43:50,667 --> 00:43:53,266
You know, you are
the most effectual person

1144
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:54,266
I have ever met.

1145
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:55,367
Is that a yes?

1146
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:58,266
Yes!

1147
00:43:58,400 --> 00:43:59,800
Yes...

1148
00:44:01,066 --> 00:44:02,033
All right.

1149
00:44:04,300 --> 00:44:06,033
You know, for someone who just
got an offer on the store,

1150
00:44:06,166 --> 00:44:07,433
Scott didn't seem that happy.

1151
00:44:07,567 --> 00:44:09,400
I think Scott blames himself
for the store not doing well.

1152
00:44:09,533 --> 00:44:10,400
He'd rather sell the place

1153
00:44:10,533 --> 00:44:11,734
than feel like
he failed Grandma.

1154
00:44:11,867 --> 00:44:12,734
He shouldn't feel like that.

1155
00:44:12,867 --> 00:44:15,200
Times change,
and a store like this

1156
00:44:15,333 --> 00:44:16,867
is difficult to sustain itself
this day in age.

1157
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:18,333
I know.

1158
00:44:18,467 --> 00:44:20,600
And I wasn't much help either.

1159
00:44:20,734 --> 00:44:22,200
I left town first chance I had.

1160
00:44:22,333 --> 00:44:23,867
I left Scott
to figure it all out on his own.

1161
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,300
Everyone has their own path.

1162
00:44:28,033 --> 00:44:28,900
What is that?

1163
00:44:29,033 --> 00:44:30,000
Wow.

1164
00:44:31,533 --> 00:44:33,533
We are going to rock
Monday night!

1165
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:37,533
Oh, come on!

1166
00:44:39,533 --> 00:44:42,100
My grandfather and I built this
when I was 7 years old.

1167
00:44:42,233 --> 00:44:44,567
I had drawn a picture
of Santa's sleigh,

1168
00:44:44,700 --> 00:44:48,367
and he said, "Hey, do you want
to make it come to life?"

1169
00:44:48,500 --> 00:44:51,333
-It's beautiful.
-Right?

1170
00:44:51,467 --> 00:44:53,567
Figure it could use
a coat of paint.

1171
00:44:53,700 --> 00:44:55,767
We could put it out front.

1172
00:44:55,900 --> 00:44:56,800
Think it will look really nice.

1173
00:44:56,934 --> 00:44:58,066
What do you say?
Want to give me a hand?

1174
00:44:58,200 --> 00:44:59,166
Of course.

1175
00:44:59,300 --> 00:45:00,400
All right.

1176
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:02,934
Oh.

1177
00:45:10,533 --> 00:45:12,066
-Michael.
-Yeah?

1178
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:13,700
What's this?

1179
00:45:17,900 --> 00:45:19,233
Initials.

1180
00:45:19,367 --> 00:45:20,333
Your grandparents.

1181
00:45:21,734 --> 00:45:22,633
I've never seen this before.

1182
00:45:22,767 --> 00:45:24,066
Huh.

1183
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,767
1949?

1184
00:45:26,900 --> 00:45:28,333
I've got to get this.

1185
00:45:35,433 --> 00:45:36,500
You know,
the last thing I want to do

1186
00:45:36,633 --> 00:45:37,800
is criticize
your painting ability,

1187
00:45:37,934 --> 00:45:40,033
but you're dripping a lot.

1188
00:45:45,033 --> 00:45:48,066
Okay, so the initials
in the cement said 1949.

1189
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:49,300
Uh-huh.

1190
00:45:49,433 --> 00:45:51,567
That means they started
laying the foundation

1191
00:45:51,700 --> 00:45:53,633
the year after they bought
the land for the store.

1192
00:45:53,767 --> 00:45:55,266
I guess, yeah.

1193
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:58,000
I wonder what that means
in terms of our timeline?

1194
00:45:58,133 --> 00:46:00,333
Just that they waited a year
before they started construction

1195
00:46:00,467 --> 00:46:01,433
for some reason or another.

1196
00:46:03,533 --> 00:46:04,934
Hey, listen, I don't mean to be
a downer here,

1197
00:46:05,066 --> 00:46:06,066
but is there a chance

1198
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,000
that you're just reading
a tad far into everything?

1199
00:46:08,133 --> 00:46:10,333
I'm just gathering
all the information.

1200
00:46:10,467 --> 00:46:12,066
It's just I don't want you
to be disappointed

1201
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:14,133
if there's no big mystery here.

1202
00:46:14,266 --> 00:46:15,233
You don't feel it?

1203
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,133
Feel what?

1204
00:46:18,266 --> 00:46:20,333
That there's more to all this.

1205
00:46:20,467 --> 00:46:21,834
I can feel it.

1206
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:24,367
Two people this in love,

1207
00:46:24,500 --> 00:46:26,467
they wouldn't just misplace
an item so special.

1208
00:46:27,767 --> 00:46:29,934
There's a reason
for all of it.

1209
00:46:32,266 --> 00:46:34,100
I think love can look
very different from the outside.

1210
00:46:36,266 --> 00:46:37,567
There's no real way
to know what happened.

1211
00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:39,166
I just...

1212
00:46:39,300 --> 00:46:40,433
I don't want to infer too much.

1213
00:46:43,100 --> 00:46:45,000
The way people inferred
about you and your ex?

1214
00:46:50,967 --> 00:46:54,000
You know, my ex came from
a property-development dynasty.

1215
00:46:56,467 --> 00:46:58,333
So everybody just assumed
I was with her to get ahead.

1216
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:00,800
But the simple truth is

1217
00:47:00,934 --> 00:47:02,567
that I fell in love

1218
00:47:02,700 --> 00:47:04,700
with the girl that I met
in my design class.

1219
00:47:06,734 --> 00:47:07,600
I had these ideas

1220
00:47:07,734 --> 00:47:09,133
for these
small-space living hubs

1221
00:47:09,266 --> 00:47:10,367
in the city,

1222
00:47:10,500 --> 00:47:12,400
and she had
all of this business experience.

1223
00:47:12,533 --> 00:47:14,066
So we joined forces,

1224
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:15,567
and her parents invested,

1225
00:47:15,700 --> 00:47:17,033
and we created Upward Design.

1226
00:47:18,500 --> 00:47:19,800
We built something that was...

1227
00:47:21,166 --> 00:47:22,200
really special.

1228
00:47:22,333 --> 00:47:24,033
So what happened?

1229
00:47:24,166 --> 00:47:26,567
Well, despite
accepting my proposal,

1230
00:47:26,700 --> 00:47:28,700
I guess she didn't really feel
the same way I did.

1231
00:47:28,834 --> 00:47:30,033
She met somebody new.

1232
00:47:30,166 --> 00:47:31,400
Oh...

1233
00:47:31,533 --> 00:47:33,867
She said she had to follow
her heart,

1234
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:35,233
but wanted to remain
business partners

1235
00:47:35,367 --> 00:47:36,967
because, you know,
we had such a great thing going,

1236
00:47:37,100 --> 00:47:38,200
but I just--I couldn't,

1237
00:47:38,333 --> 00:47:40,467
I couldn't bring myself
to do that,

1238
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:42,233
so...

1239
00:47:43,367 --> 00:47:44,934
I walked away.

1240
00:47:45,066 --> 00:47:46,033
That sounds awful.

1241
00:47:47,166 --> 00:47:48,533
I'm so sorry.

1242
00:47:49,734 --> 00:47:52,367
Yeah. Listen...

1243
00:47:52,500 --> 00:47:57,300
Taking this deep dive
into my grandparents' love,

1244
00:47:57,433 --> 00:47:58,967
I think part of me
is just scared

1245
00:47:59,100 --> 00:48:01,333
that you're gonna
uncover something

1246
00:48:01,467 --> 00:48:02,367
that's gonna make me doubt

1247
00:48:02,500 --> 00:48:03,800
the strength
of their relationship.

1248
00:48:03,934 --> 00:48:06,800
Whatever I uncover or learn,

1249
00:48:06,934 --> 00:48:07,867
it doesn't change the fact

1250
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:09,266
that they clearly
loved each other.

1251
00:48:10,767 --> 00:48:11,900
And you.

1252
00:48:18,934 --> 00:48:19,834
Paul.

1253
00:48:19,967 --> 00:48:21,266
Hi, Kendra.

1254
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:22,633
I found something

1255
00:48:22,767 --> 00:48:25,533
you might find
very interesting.

1256
00:48:25,667 --> 00:48:26,633
I'll be right there.

1257
00:48:28,967 --> 00:48:30,734
Paul has some information
on the ring.

1258
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,100
Do you want to come with me?

1259
00:48:34,233 --> 00:48:35,867
You think there's a reason
for all this?

1260
00:48:37,633 --> 00:48:38,533
Let's go see if you're right.

1261
00:48:38,667 --> 00:48:40,100
Let's.

1262
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:45,900
I was looking through
my grandfather's old records,

1263
00:48:46,033 --> 00:48:47,867
hoping to find something
to help you with your search,

1264
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,467
when I found this note

1265
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:53,367
written by William
to my grandfather, Carl.

1266
00:48:53,500 --> 00:48:54,800
Wow.

1267
00:48:54,934 --> 00:48:56,300
"Carl,

1268
00:48:56,433 --> 00:48:57,433
I was thinking more about

1269
00:48:57,567 --> 00:48:58,700
the engagement ring
we discussed.

1270
00:48:58,834 --> 00:48:59,867
This is what I was envisioning."

1271
00:49:03,300 --> 00:49:04,200
"Pearl's parents

1272
00:49:04,333 --> 00:49:05,700
are talking about sending her

1273
00:49:05,834 --> 00:49:08,633
to live with her aunt
in St. Louis after the New Year.

1274
00:49:10,700 --> 00:49:13,266
Do you think the ring
could be ready by Christmas Eve?

1275
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:14,333
It seems building my store

1276
00:49:14,467 --> 00:49:16,266
will have to wait
a little longer.

1277
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:17,700
Can't lose my girl!

1278
00:49:17,834 --> 00:49:18,700
W."

1279
00:49:18,834 --> 00:49:19,867
See! Pearl's parents

1280
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:21,600
didn't approve
of her dating William.

1281
00:49:21,734 --> 00:49:23,166
They were going
to send her away,

1282
00:49:23,300 --> 00:49:24,867
so he had to propose
sooner than he thought.

1283
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:25,967
And the money

1284
00:49:26,100 --> 00:49:27,433
he was going to spend
building the store...

1285
00:49:27,567 --> 00:49:28,433
He spent on the ring.

1286
00:49:28,567 --> 00:49:30,433
That's why he had to wait
to break ground.

1287
00:49:30,567 --> 00:49:32,066
He put his dreams on hold

1288
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:33,867
so he wouldn't lose
your grandma.

1289
00:49:35,967 --> 00:49:37,300
He was a smart guy.

1290
00:49:38,667 --> 00:49:40,934
Oh, I am loving
these retro ornaments.

1291
00:49:41,066 --> 00:49:43,567
They're absolutely stunning.

1292
00:49:43,700 --> 00:49:44,834
Speaking of retro,

1293
00:49:44,967 --> 00:49:46,433
I can't believe
Grandma kept this.

1294
00:49:46,567 --> 00:49:47,767
Of course she did.
They're beauti--

1295
00:49:47,900 --> 00:49:50,867
Wait, what is that?

1296
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,400
This is an ornament
that I made in...

1297
00:49:53,533 --> 00:49:54,667
first grade.

1298
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,667
Right, but what was it
supposed to look like?

1299
00:49:57,800 --> 00:49:59,033
You can't tell?

1300
00:49:59,166 --> 00:50:00,033
Mm-mm.

1301
00:50:00,166 --> 00:50:01,867
It's a...

1302
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:03,667
-It's a snowflake?
-Oh.

1303
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:05,667
-It's abstract.
-Like the elf.

1304
00:50:07,333 --> 00:50:08,867
It's so sweet that she kept it.

1305
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:11,533
Clearly,
Grandma was sentimental.

1306
00:50:11,667 --> 00:50:14,100
So then why wouldn't she keep
her engagement ring?

1307
00:50:14,233 --> 00:50:16,033
The one William spent
his life savings on?

1308
00:50:17,633 --> 00:50:18,967
Popsicle ornament
for your thoughts?

1309
00:50:20,633 --> 00:50:21,700
Okay...

1310
00:50:21,834 --> 00:50:23,333
After William bought the land
for the store,

1311
00:50:23,467 --> 00:50:24,734
he spent the rest of his money
on the ring,

1312
00:50:24,867 --> 00:50:26,467
that's why he had to go back
to work on the railroad.

1313
00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:27,500
Sure.

1314
00:50:27,633 --> 00:50:29,900
But the initials in the cement
say 1949,

1315
00:50:30,033 --> 00:50:31,433
so how did he get enough money

1316
00:50:31,567 --> 00:50:34,033
to start building the store
only a year later?

1317
00:50:34,166 --> 00:50:36,100
Based on those pay stubs,
he wasn't making that much.

1318
00:50:36,233 --> 00:50:37,867
You really are way too talented

1319
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:39,633
to just be writing
lists and quizzes.

1320
00:50:41,500 --> 00:50:43,300
It's always nice
when someone has faith in you.

1321
00:50:47,500 --> 00:50:49,734
Not too shabby.

1322
00:50:49,867 --> 00:50:51,734
I think Pearl would be proud.

1323
00:50:51,867 --> 00:50:54,433
I wish my parents
were here for this.

1324
00:50:54,567 --> 00:50:56,033
My mom would have loved
Pine Grove.

1325
00:50:57,900 --> 00:50:59,734
You know, even though you were
looking for your mom's ring,

1326
00:50:59,867 --> 00:51:01,567
I'm really happy
that you found my Grandma's.

1327
00:51:03,567 --> 00:51:04,533
Me too.

1328
00:51:10,033 --> 00:51:10,934
Oh, it's my boss.

1329
00:51:11,066 --> 00:51:12,066
Probably wanting an update.

1330
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:13,433
Yeah.

1331
00:51:13,567 --> 00:51:14,967
Linda. Hi.

1332
00:51:15,100 --> 00:51:16,133
Just checking in.

1333
00:51:16,266 --> 00:51:17,166
I haven't seen

1334
00:51:17,300 --> 00:51:18,567
any drafts from you yet.

1335
00:51:18,700 --> 00:51:21,233
I'm still piecing it
all together.

1336
00:51:21,367 --> 00:51:22,800
It turns out William bought
the ring for Pearl

1337
00:51:22,934 --> 00:51:24,000
so he wouldn't lose her,

1338
00:51:24,133 --> 00:51:25,967
even though it meant
putting his dreams on hold.

1339
00:51:26,100 --> 00:51:27,166
Okay, and Michael?

1340
00:51:27,300 --> 00:51:28,500
Have you had a chance
to interview him?

1341
00:51:28,633 --> 00:51:29,600
Oh...

1342
00:51:29,734 --> 00:51:30,734
I've been focusing

1343
00:51:30,867 --> 00:51:32,800
more on the grandparents
and the ring first.

1344
00:51:32,934 --> 00:51:34,500
I trust
you'll cover everything.

1345
00:51:34,633 --> 00:51:35,734
Will you send me
what you have so far?

1346
00:51:35,867 --> 00:51:37,000
Well, it's pretty rough,

1347
00:51:37,133 --> 00:51:38,900
you know,
lots of shorthand notes, and--

1348
00:51:39,033 --> 00:51:41,600
Kendra I need the final article
in three days.

1349
00:51:41,734 --> 00:51:42,767
I need to see your progress.

1350
00:51:42,900 --> 00:51:44,066
Now, don't let me down.

1351
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:46,100
Okay.

1352
00:51:46,233 --> 00:51:47,734
I will send you what I have.

1353
00:51:47,867 --> 00:51:49,033
Thank you.
Gotta go, talk soon.

1354
00:51:57,467 --> 00:51:58,600
A human-interest piece

1355
00:51:58,734 --> 00:52:01,166
is supposed to be
an emotional, relatable story,

1356
00:52:01,300 --> 00:52:03,200
not spilling the gossip
on someone's break-up.

1357
00:52:03,333 --> 00:52:05,300
I know that,
and you know that.

1358
00:52:05,433 --> 00:52:07,633
You just need to show Linda that
through your writing.

1359
00:52:07,767 --> 00:52:09,066
I really feel like

1360
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:11,233
if she would just let me finish
the path I'm on,

1361
00:52:11,367 --> 00:52:13,867
it could be
a really meaningful article.

1362
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,033
Do you think you'll have
everything you need by Thursday?

1363
00:52:16,166 --> 00:52:18,233
Honestly, I don't know.

1364
00:52:18,367 --> 00:52:20,000
What happened to the ring
is still a mystery.

1365
00:52:20,133 --> 00:52:22,166
If anyone can figure it out,
it's you.

1366
00:52:22,300 --> 00:52:23,900
Thanks.

1367
00:52:24,033 --> 00:52:25,467
Michael's been
a huge help, too.

1368
00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:27,033
I don't know
what I'd do without him.

1369
00:52:27,166 --> 00:52:28,900
He seems like a great guy.

1370
00:52:29,033 --> 00:52:30,900
You know, I wasn't sure
at first,

1371
00:52:31,033 --> 00:52:32,734
but he's since surprised me.

1372
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:35,633
He even suggested

1373
00:52:35,767 --> 00:52:37,800
that I should start
my own online magazine.

1374
00:52:37,934 --> 00:52:39,867
Did he now?

1375
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:42,066
Oh, no, no, no,
it's not like that.

1376
00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:43,333
The sparkle in your eye

1377
00:52:43,467 --> 00:52:44,333
when you talk about him

1378
00:52:44,467 --> 00:52:45,500
is blinding.

1379
00:52:45,633 --> 00:52:47,700
Is the connection bad?

1380
00:52:47,834 --> 00:52:48,900
Because you're a little blurry.

1381
00:52:49,033 --> 00:52:50,633
I should go.

1382
00:52:50,767 --> 00:52:52,400
I'm not letting you
get away with it that easily.

1383
00:52:52,533 --> 00:52:53,633
You totally have a crush.

1384
00:52:53,767 --> 00:52:55,734
I should get back
to writing, okay?

1385
00:52:55,867 --> 00:52:57,100
Okay, bye!

1386
00:53:04,066 --> 00:53:05,033
Hey!

1387
00:53:05,166 --> 00:53:06,033
Paul had some extra lights

1388
00:53:06,166 --> 00:53:07,100
and I thought we could

1389
00:53:07,233 --> 00:53:08,800
put them on the sleigh
for tonight.

1390
00:53:11,700 --> 00:53:13,133
Is everything okay?

1391
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:15,166
Yeah.

1392
00:53:16,700 --> 00:53:17,900
The guy who put in
the offer on the store

1393
00:53:18,033 --> 00:53:19,166
just came by.

1394
00:53:19,300 --> 00:53:21,033
I was all excited to show him
these original blueprints,

1395
00:53:21,166 --> 00:53:22,767
but...

1396
00:53:22,900 --> 00:53:25,300
he said they're just gonna
tear down the store...

1397
00:53:25,433 --> 00:53:26,400
put in a Coffee Max.

1398
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:29,133
That's a big change.

1399
00:53:29,266 --> 00:53:30,133
I mean, don't get me wrong,

1400
00:53:30,266 --> 00:53:31,367
the place is in need
of a change,

1401
00:53:31,500 --> 00:53:33,133
but...

1402
00:53:33,266 --> 00:53:34,533
you know,

1403
00:53:34,667 --> 00:53:37,066
I think there's better ways
to maximize the space.

1404
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:38,066
You see this wall?

1405
00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:39,900
Mm-hmm...

1406
00:53:40,033 --> 00:53:42,100
He could knock this down,

1407
00:53:42,233 --> 00:53:43,633
just open
this whole space outward.

1408
00:53:45,500 --> 00:53:46,700
And see this
on the blueprints?

1409
00:53:49,100 --> 00:53:50,900
Originally, my grandpa wanted
to put in a loft,

1410
00:53:51,033 --> 00:53:53,567
with books and chairs,

1411
00:53:53,700 --> 00:53:55,033
some place for people
to sit and read.

1412
00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:57,633
Apparently, he didn't have
the room for it,

1413
00:53:57,767 --> 00:53:59,900
but one thing I did
at Upward Design

1414
00:54:00,100 --> 00:54:01,967
was make the most
out of small areas.

1415
00:54:04,467 --> 00:54:07,166
We could move these beams,
make the ceiling higher

1416
00:54:07,300 --> 00:54:09,367
put in
that loft-slash-library-cafe.

1417
00:54:09,500 --> 00:54:10,934
If we rewire through here,

1418
00:54:11,066 --> 00:54:12,533
we could actually make it
a computer lounge.

1419
00:54:12,667 --> 00:54:14,300
And look at this!
See this?

1420
00:54:14,433 --> 00:54:15,700
This over here--

1421
00:54:15,834 --> 00:54:17,100
this used to be
a soda-fountain counter.

1422
00:54:17,233 --> 00:54:18,867
They tore it down
for more shelving,

1423
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:21,533
but Scott doesn't need
the retail space.

1424
00:54:21,667 --> 00:54:23,066
We could rebuild
using these plans.

1425
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:25,767
Make it a WiFi hotspot.

1426
00:54:25,900 --> 00:54:27,767
Sounds like
you're having second thoughts.

1427
00:54:27,900 --> 00:54:30,133
My grandfather wanted this
to be more than just a store.

1428
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:35,367
He wanted it to be a place
where people came together.

1429
00:54:35,500 --> 00:54:37,200
Have you talked to Scott
about this?

1430
00:54:37,333 --> 00:54:38,433
I don't know
if he'd be interested.

1431
00:54:38,567 --> 00:54:39,567
You're his brother.

1432
00:54:39,700 --> 00:54:41,867
I'm sure he'd want to hear
what you have to say.

1433
00:54:58,967 --> 00:55:00,667
You got it working!

1434
00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:03,200
Thought I'd transport us
to a different time.

1435
00:55:03,333 --> 00:55:04,367
Oh! Wait!

1436
00:55:04,500 --> 00:55:05,667
Oh, hold on.

1437
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:09,367
It's perfect.

1438
00:55:10,667 --> 00:55:11,567
The past meets the present.

1439
00:55:11,700 --> 00:55:14,066
Pearl and William
would be so proud.

1440
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:15,900
I think they'd love
what we did to the store.

1441
00:55:16,033 --> 00:55:17,000
I hope so.

1442
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:19,667
They both had
such a great sense of style.

1443
00:55:21,300 --> 00:55:23,100
Do you just carry that
around with you everywhere now?

1444
00:55:24,834 --> 00:55:25,700
It's part of my job.

1445
00:55:25,834 --> 00:55:26,734
Your job.

1446
00:55:26,867 --> 00:55:28,367
That's right.

1447
00:55:28,500 --> 00:55:30,900
You know, I keep forgetting this
is a work assignment for you.

1448
00:55:31,033 --> 00:55:32,600
I mean, yeah, it's work, but...

1449
00:55:32,734 --> 00:55:33,700
I care about this story.

1450
00:55:35,133 --> 00:55:38,033
After all, I'm putting
my job on the line for it.

1451
00:55:38,166 --> 00:55:40,500
-Hi. Hot chocolate?

1452
00:55:40,633 --> 00:55:42,400
-Yes, please.
-Thank you.

1453
00:55:42,533 --> 00:55:43,667
Thank you so much.

1454
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:45,500
The store looks
better than ever.

1455
00:55:45,633 --> 00:55:47,166
I'm so glad we did this.

1456
00:55:47,300 --> 00:55:48,767
I'm so glad
Kendra made us do it.

1457
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:51,266
-Cheers.
-Cheers.

1458
00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:52,667
Oh, Trish,

1459
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:53,667
that reminds me,

1460
00:55:53,800 --> 00:55:54,700
I wanted to ask you something.

1461
00:55:54,834 --> 00:55:55,734
Is there a way to get a list

1462
00:55:55,867 --> 00:55:57,033
of banks and lenders

1463
00:55:57,166 --> 00:55:58,734
that have been in Pine Grove
over the years?

1464
00:55:58,867 --> 00:56:01,166
Specifically ones around 1949?

1465
00:56:01,300 --> 00:56:02,800
I can ask at the newspaper.

1466
00:56:02,934 --> 00:56:04,467
I'm sure
those records exist. Why?

1467
00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:06,300
William broke ground
on the property

1468
00:56:06,433 --> 00:56:08,233
the same year he went back
to work for the railroad

1469
00:56:08,367 --> 00:56:10,667
because he spent all his money
on the ring,

1470
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:12,300
so where did the money come from

1471
00:56:12,433 --> 00:56:14,500
to start building the store?

1472
00:56:14,633 --> 00:56:16,233
So you think
he took out a loan?

1473
00:56:16,367 --> 00:56:18,233
But the only people
who could have afforded that

1474
00:56:18,367 --> 00:56:19,433
would have been Pearl's parents,

1475
00:56:19,567 --> 00:56:20,967
and they weren't on board
with the marriage,

1476
00:56:21,100 --> 00:56:22,567
so I figured he'd had
to have looked elsewhere.

1477
00:56:22,700 --> 00:56:23,667
Right.

1478
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:24,967
Well, I'll ask
first thing tomorrow.

1479
00:56:25,100 --> 00:56:26,433
That would be great.

1480
00:56:26,567 --> 00:56:29,600
Okay, now I am going to get us
some of Paul's Christmas cookies

1481
00:56:29,734 --> 00:56:30,600
before they sell out.

1482
00:56:30,734 --> 00:56:32,133
My treat.

1483
00:56:32,266 --> 00:56:33,233
You'd better make it quick.

1484
00:56:41,867 --> 00:56:42,734
What?

1485
00:56:42,867 --> 00:56:43,934
Nothing.

1486
00:56:44,066 --> 00:56:45,266
I just haven't seen you
smile this much

1487
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:46,367
in a very long time.

1488
00:56:47,533 --> 00:56:48,600
-It's Christmas.
-Right.

1489
00:56:48,734 --> 00:56:49,600
Wasn't it a few weeks ago

1490
00:56:49,734 --> 00:56:50,767
you were saying

1491
00:56:50,900 --> 00:56:52,767
you couldn't wait
to get through the holidays?

1492
00:56:52,900 --> 00:56:54,300
You know what--

1493
00:56:54,433 --> 00:56:56,400
I am learning to appreciate
everything they have to offer.

1494
00:56:56,533 --> 00:56:58,166
Well, I think you should
learn to appreciate

1495
00:56:58,300 --> 00:56:59,967
asking Kendra
to the Christmas Eve dance.

1496
00:57:00,166 --> 00:57:01,200
I think that's a terrible idea.

1497
00:57:01,333 --> 00:57:02,467
Why not?
You like her.

1498
00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:04,633
Yeah. Liking her
isn't the issue.

1499
00:57:04,767 --> 00:57:05,667
He admits it!

1500
00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:07,133
Then what is the issue?

1501
00:57:07,266 --> 00:57:08,367
Okay, look,

1502
00:57:08,500 --> 00:57:10,333
not everybody can be as lucky
as you two, okay?

1503
00:57:10,467 --> 00:57:13,166
Or Grandma and Grandpa.

1504
00:57:13,300 --> 00:57:14,166
Actually...

1505
00:57:14,300 --> 00:57:16,533
yes, they we can.

1506
00:57:16,667 --> 00:57:18,066
How will you know
unless you try?

1507
00:57:24,333 --> 00:57:25,734
Thank you for the ride.

1508
00:57:25,867 --> 00:57:27,166
Thank you for the fun night.

1509
00:57:30,133 --> 00:57:31,233
It's sure going to be
a change of pace

1510
00:57:31,367 --> 00:57:32,300
going back to Boston

1511
00:57:32,433 --> 00:57:34,133
after being in a town
like Pine Grove.

1512
00:57:34,266 --> 00:57:36,467
Well, you know,
maybe if the article is a hit,

1513
00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:40,467
you could find more
human-interest stories here.

1514
00:57:40,600 --> 00:57:41,533
I think we have

1515
00:57:41,667 --> 00:57:43,700
the highest number
of maple trees

1516
00:57:43,834 --> 00:57:44,834
outside of Vermont.

1517
00:57:44,967 --> 00:57:46,500
Oh, yeah,

1518
00:57:46,633 --> 00:57:48,166
my boss is gonna love
the click potentials

1519
00:57:48,300 --> 00:57:49,166
with that headline.

1520
00:57:49,300 --> 00:57:50,800
You never know,

1521
00:57:50,934 --> 00:57:53,533
she's letting you
write about a ring, right?

1522
00:57:53,667 --> 00:57:54,867
Um, actually...

1523
00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:56,100
It's funny
you should mention that

1524
00:57:56,233 --> 00:57:57,500
because there's something
I wanted to--

1525
00:57:57,633 --> 00:57:58,633
Look.

1526
00:57:58,767 --> 00:57:59,633
What?

1527
00:57:59,767 --> 00:58:01,233
It's a shooting star.

1528
00:58:03,033 --> 00:58:05,266
Oh...

1529
00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:06,700
I missed it.

1530
00:58:09,700 --> 00:58:10,667
We should make a wish.

1531
00:58:12,567 --> 00:58:13,533
Okay.

1532
00:58:34,100 --> 00:58:34,967
I should go.

1533
00:58:35,100 --> 00:58:36,467
Yeah.

1534
00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:39,033
Because, technically,
I'm still on the clock.

1535
00:58:39,166 --> 00:58:40,233
Okay.

1536
00:58:40,367 --> 00:58:41,467
-Yeah.
-Yeah.

1537
00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:42,567
-Goodnight.
-Goodnight.

1538
00:58:50,367 --> 00:58:52,000
So there was only one bank
in town at the time,

1539
00:58:52,133 --> 00:58:53,800
but they didn't have
a loan record in William's name.

1540
00:58:53,934 --> 00:58:54,900
Oh...

1541
00:58:55,033 --> 00:58:56,633
But I did find an old directory

1542
00:58:56,767 --> 00:58:58,767
that listed a company
on the edge of town

1543
00:58:58,900 --> 00:59:00,467
called Barney's Loans and Bonds.

1544
00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:02,000
Anything there?

1545
00:59:02,133 --> 00:59:03,266
Well, they closed in the '60s,

1546
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:05,166
and because they were
a private-lending company,

1547
00:59:05,300 --> 00:59:06,266
there's no public records.

1548
00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:07,500
Hmm.

1549
00:59:07,633 --> 00:59:08,667
I wonder
if their private records

1550
00:59:08,800 --> 00:59:10,967
even still exist?

1551
00:59:11,100 --> 00:59:12,600
Well, they were bought out
by Star Credit Union,

1552
00:59:12,734 --> 00:59:13,700
so there's a possibility

1553
00:59:13,834 --> 00:59:15,233
they might have
some information.

1554
00:59:16,734 --> 00:59:17,967
Thank you so much
for all of this.

1555
00:59:18,100 --> 00:59:19,433
I'm happy to help.

1556
00:59:19,567 --> 00:59:21,800
I feel like
we're getting closer.

1557
00:59:21,934 --> 00:59:23,200
Me too.

1558
00:59:25,100 --> 00:59:26,066
Boys.

1559
00:59:28,433 --> 00:59:29,967
What is this?

1560
00:59:30,100 --> 00:59:31,900
Well, Michael and I started
looking through the storage

1561
00:59:32,033 --> 00:59:32,967
to find you some more

1562
00:59:33,100 --> 00:59:34,700
of those retro
Christmas ornaments you like,

1563
00:59:34,834 --> 00:59:35,867
and we actually found

1564
00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:37,567
some really great photos
of the store over the years.

1565
00:59:37,700 --> 00:59:39,033
Yeah, you know,
besides the soda fountain,

1566
00:59:39,166 --> 00:59:41,633
this place really hasn't changed
that much since it opened.

1567
00:59:41,767 --> 00:59:43,033
The prices sure have changed.

1568
00:59:43,166 --> 00:59:46,000
Well, everything could use
a good makeover once in a while.

1569
00:59:46,133 --> 00:59:47,867
-Trying to do that with Quizzer.
-Yeah, I know.

1570
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:50,200
It's just Grandma made it work
for so many years as it is,

1571
00:59:50,333 --> 00:59:51,667
I honestly don't even know
where to start

1572
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:53,333
when it comes to updating.

1573
00:59:53,467 --> 00:59:56,133
Michael had some great ideas
for repurposing the space.

1574
00:59:56,266 --> 00:59:58,467
You should tell Scott.

1575
00:59:58,600 --> 01:00:00,100
-Oh, yeah?
-Uh, yeah.

1576
01:00:00,233 --> 01:00:01,467
Just, you know,

1577
01:00:01,600 --> 01:00:03,433
some ideas inspired by
Grandpa's original blueprints.

1578
01:00:03,567 --> 01:00:05,734
But, listen, you know the store
better than anybody else,

1579
01:00:05,867 --> 01:00:07,000
so if you think
it makes sense to sell,

1580
01:00:07,133 --> 01:00:08,200
then that's
what we're going to do.

1581
01:00:08,333 --> 01:00:09,600
Maybe your ideas make sense.

1582
01:00:09,734 --> 01:00:10,600
I'd love to see them.

1583
01:00:10,734 --> 01:00:12,033
Look at this.

1584
01:00:12,166 --> 01:00:14,166
You guys hosted
cookie exchanges?

1585
01:00:14,300 --> 01:00:15,166
Not that I knew of.

1586
01:00:15,300 --> 01:00:16,166
Is there a date on this?

1587
01:00:16,300 --> 01:00:17,467
No.

1588
01:00:17,600 --> 01:00:19,066
I didn't realize
the store ever hosted events.

1589
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:20,400
You know what,
it must have been part of

1590
01:00:20,533 --> 01:00:21,800
Grandpa's original vision
for the store

1591
01:00:21,934 --> 01:00:22,800
as a community hotspot.

1592
01:00:22,934 --> 01:00:24,533
We should do this!

1593
01:00:24,667 --> 01:00:25,767
One last cookie exchange.

1594
01:00:25,900 --> 01:00:27,433
I love that!

1595
01:00:27,567 --> 01:00:28,867
A way to say goodbye
to the store

1596
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:31,433
in the perfect William and Pearl
Christmas fashion.

1597
01:00:32,633 --> 01:00:34,533
And there are no festival
activities planned for tomorrow.

1598
01:00:34,667 --> 01:00:36,100
It's kismet.

1599
01:00:36,233 --> 01:00:37,700
Okay, I'll post it
on the newspaper's site--

1600
01:00:37,834 --> 01:00:39,033
and the social-media accounts

1601
01:00:39,166 --> 01:00:41,100
will really get
the word out there fast.

1602
01:00:41,233 --> 01:00:42,266
Okay, I guess we're doing this.

1603
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:44,633
Did Pearl have
a favorite cookie recipe

1604
01:00:44,767 --> 01:00:45,633
that you knew of?

1605
01:00:45,767 --> 01:00:46,633
Oh, yeah.

1606
01:00:46,767 --> 01:00:47,633
What?

1607
01:00:47,767 --> 01:00:49,500
Peppermint whoopie pies!

1608
01:00:49,633 --> 01:00:50,834
Michael, do you
still have the recipe?

1609
01:00:50,967 --> 01:00:52,367
Yeah, I think
it's in the kitchen somewhere.

1610
01:00:52,500 --> 01:00:53,367
I'll find it.

1611
01:00:53,500 --> 01:00:54,367
I love whoopie pies.

1612
01:00:54,500 --> 01:00:56,700
I can give you a hand?

1613
01:00:56,834 --> 01:00:58,333
Because peppermint
can be tricky.

1614
01:00:58,467 --> 01:01:00,200
Yeah, okay.

1615
01:01:00,333 --> 01:01:01,700
I guess we're doing this.

1616
01:01:07,433 --> 01:01:08,433
Now, fair warning,

1617
01:01:08,567 --> 01:01:10,767
even though
I've eaten my fair share,

1618
01:01:10,900 --> 01:01:13,467
I've never actually made
whoopie pies from scratch.

1619
01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:15,166
Well, full confession,
neither have I,

1620
01:01:15,300 --> 01:01:16,533
but, I mean, you know,

1621
01:01:16,667 --> 01:01:18,600
I know my grandma's recipe has
gotta be around here somewhere.

1622
01:01:18,734 --> 01:01:19,900
I mean, you know,
how hard can it be?

1623
01:01:21,233 --> 01:01:22,900
Okay, recipes...

1624
01:01:24,033 --> 01:01:25,266
Ah-hah!

1625
01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:27,667
It's gotta be in here.

1626
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:28,967
Here we go.

1627
01:01:29,100 --> 01:01:30,066
This is it--

1628
01:01:30,200 --> 01:01:31,400
"Pearl's Peppermint
Whoopie Pie."

1629
01:01:31,533 --> 01:01:33,600
Looks like
it's on its last leg.

1630
01:01:34,934 --> 01:01:36,800
What's this?

1631
01:01:36,934 --> 01:01:38,767
"My dear Pearl,

1632
01:01:38,900 --> 01:01:39,834
we may have had our differences,

1633
01:01:39,967 --> 01:01:41,667
but this needs to stay
in the family.

1634
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:44,066
Enjoy making these
for your new husband.

1635
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:45,066
Blessings,

1636
01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:46,533
your mother."

1637
01:01:48,367 --> 01:01:50,600
So I guess my great-grandmother
gave that to her.

1638
01:01:50,734 --> 01:01:52,934
Even though she didn't want
William to marry Pearl,

1639
01:01:53,066 --> 01:01:54,133
it looks like this recipe

1640
01:01:54,266 --> 01:01:55,867
was her way
of giving her blessing.

1641
01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:57,367
I guess things worked out
in the end, huh?

1642
01:01:58,400 --> 01:01:59,633
Yeah.

1643
01:01:59,767 --> 01:02:02,934
So what do you say,
shall we honor Pearl's legacy?

1644
01:02:03,967 --> 01:02:05,133
Let's get to it.

1645
01:02:10,934 --> 01:02:13,066
Two cups of flour...

1646
01:02:16,700 --> 01:02:19,133
Two eggs...

1647
01:02:19,266 --> 01:02:20,133
I can crack an egg.

1648
01:02:20,266 --> 01:02:22,033
I can make eggs,
I can make eggs.

1649
01:02:25,767 --> 01:02:27,233
Here we go...

1650
01:02:31,800 --> 01:02:32,700
Here we go!

1651
01:02:37,934 --> 01:02:38,900
Yay!

1652
01:02:39,033 --> 01:02:40,133
That looks so good!

1653
01:02:40,266 --> 01:02:41,533
This is so great.
This is so good.

1654
01:02:41,667 --> 01:02:43,166
Yes, okay.

1655
01:02:55,467 --> 01:02:57,033
Are you okay?

1656
01:02:57,166 --> 01:02:58,900
Oh, yeah,
it's just a work thing.

1657
01:03:01,567 --> 01:03:03,600
Mm!

1658
01:03:03,734 --> 01:03:05,800
So do we have to cook those,

1659
01:03:05,934 --> 01:03:07,200
or can we just eat the batter?

1660
01:03:12,033 --> 01:03:13,200
How much longer?

1661
01:03:13,333 --> 01:03:15,100
Just a few minutes.

1662
01:03:15,233 --> 01:03:17,266
I can smell them from here.

1663
01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:19,600
Mm! So good.

1664
01:03:19,734 --> 01:03:21,233
Smells like my childhood.

1665
01:03:22,834 --> 01:03:25,066
How has no one bottled
the smell of baked goods?

1666
01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:26,600
Ooh!

1667
01:03:26,734 --> 01:03:27,767
I like that.

1668
01:03:27,900 --> 01:03:28,967
You know what,

1669
01:03:29,100 --> 01:03:30,800
I think that's going to be
my next venture.

1670
01:03:30,934 --> 01:03:33,200
"What's that cologne
you're wearing, sir?"

1671
01:03:33,333 --> 01:03:36,033
"Baked Goods by Michael Jones."

1672
01:03:39,767 --> 01:03:41,133
Is that your boss again?

1673
01:03:42,500 --> 01:03:44,033
No.

1674
01:03:44,166 --> 01:03:45,934
It's an email Trish got
from Star Credit Union.

1675
01:03:46,066 --> 01:03:47,033
Because she was family,

1676
01:03:47,166 --> 01:03:48,533
she was allowed
to request the records.

1677
01:03:48,667 --> 01:03:49,834
Uh-huh?

1678
01:03:51,533 --> 01:03:53,066
-Huh!
-What is it?

1679
01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:55,467
In 1949,
William took out a loan.

1680
01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:57,633
Yeah, a five-year term loan.

1681
01:03:57,767 --> 01:03:58,934
What does that mean?

1682
01:03:59,066 --> 01:04:00,834
It just means he was able
to get as much as he did

1683
01:04:00,967 --> 01:04:02,600
because he promised
to pay it back in five years.

1684
01:04:02,734 --> 01:04:05,233
And it looks like he put
the land up as collateral.

1685
01:04:06,767 --> 01:04:08,600
Okay, so the question is,

1686
01:04:08,734 --> 01:04:10,800
did he pay back the loan
in five years, or...

1687
01:04:10,934 --> 01:04:12,700
Did they have to find the money
some other way?

1688
01:04:14,300 --> 01:04:15,266
Like selling the ring?

1689
01:04:18,233 --> 01:04:19,200
Whoopie pies are ready.

1690
01:04:25,233 --> 01:04:26,200
Thank you.

1691
01:04:27,433 --> 01:04:28,367
Enjoy.

1692
01:04:28,500 --> 01:04:30,533
I'm so glad we did this.

1693
01:04:31,834 --> 01:04:33,800
Seeing people in the store again
is just...

1694
01:04:33,934 --> 01:04:35,467
it's great.

1695
01:04:35,600 --> 01:04:37,033
This is what
it's supposed to be like.

1696
01:04:37,166 --> 01:04:38,533
Michael and Scott look like

1697
01:04:38,667 --> 01:04:39,934
they're enjoying
themselves, too.

1698
01:04:41,500 --> 01:04:43,100
You know, I think
they're having second thoughts.

1699
01:04:43,233 --> 01:04:44,266
About selling?

1700
01:04:44,400 --> 01:04:45,567
I just know

1701
01:04:45,700 --> 01:04:47,500
the real-estate agent
sent over some papers to sign,

1702
01:04:47,633 --> 01:04:49,600
and they've been sitting
on our kitchen counter untouched

1703
01:04:49,734 --> 01:04:50,600
for days.

1704
01:04:50,734 --> 01:04:53,166
Oh.

1705
01:04:53,300 --> 01:04:54,600
Well, they do seem at home here.

1706
01:04:54,734 --> 01:04:56,200
And with each other.

1707
01:04:57,900 --> 01:05:00,367
When Michael moved away
and started dating Sandra,

1708
01:05:00,500 --> 01:05:01,700
he and Scott drifted apart.

1709
01:05:03,000 --> 01:05:04,500
It's so nice to see them
coming together again.

1710
01:05:04,633 --> 01:05:06,333
He's a good guy.

1711
01:05:07,500 --> 01:05:08,400
Michael?

1712
01:05:08,533 --> 01:05:10,000
Yeah, he's great.

1713
01:05:12,033 --> 01:05:13,300
-What?
-I didn't say anything.

1714
01:05:15,066 --> 01:05:16,500
Did you guys see
what the Kleins brought over.

1715
01:05:16,633 --> 01:05:17,500
Look at this.

1716
01:05:17,633 --> 01:05:18,600
-Oh!
-Wow.

1717
01:05:19,834 --> 01:05:20,800
Read the back.

1718
01:05:22,333 --> 01:05:25,333
"Cookie exchange 1954."

1719
01:05:25,467 --> 01:05:26,834
Looks just like ours.

1720
01:05:26,967 --> 01:05:28,066
I don't know if it was
the first one,

1721
01:05:28,200 --> 01:05:29,500
but it was probably close to it.

1722
01:05:29,633 --> 01:05:30,600
Look.

1723
01:05:30,734 --> 01:05:32,300
Pearl's not wearing
the ring anymore.

1724
01:05:37,300 --> 01:05:38,266
What about the fact

1725
01:05:38,400 --> 01:05:39,734
that they came
from different backgrounds

1726
01:05:39,867 --> 01:05:41,367
but overcame that?

1727
01:05:41,500 --> 01:05:44,333
Or the fact that they met
at a Christmas Eve Dance,

1728
01:05:44,467 --> 01:05:46,500
and then got engaged
exactly one year later

1729
01:05:46,633 --> 01:05:47,867
at the same dance

1730
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:49,700
right before
Pearl was going to be sent away?

1731
01:05:49,834 --> 01:05:51,066
That's all great,

1732
01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:52,633
but I know that
Michael and Sandra's break-up

1733
01:05:52,767 --> 01:05:53,834
is the hook for our readers,

1734
01:05:53,967 --> 01:05:55,667
and you have enough of his story
to focus more on that.

1735
01:05:55,800 --> 01:05:57,000
I know you think

1736
01:05:57,133 --> 01:05:58,567
our readers want to hear about
bad break-ups,

1737
01:05:58,700 --> 01:06:00,333
but I think that they'll also
want to read a story

1738
01:06:00,467 --> 01:06:02,000
about family and love

1739
01:06:02,133 --> 01:06:04,333
and a ring
that brought people together.

1740
01:06:04,467 --> 01:06:06,066
You are a great writer.

1741
01:06:06,200 --> 01:06:08,400
I know you can figure out
how to include both.

1742
01:06:08,533 --> 01:06:09,633
You get
your human-interest piece,

1743
01:06:09,767 --> 01:06:10,700
I get my clicks.

1744
01:06:10,834 --> 01:06:13,266
Kendra, I let you
follow this story,

1745
01:06:13,400 --> 01:06:14,834
and I want to publish it.

1746
01:06:14,967 --> 01:06:17,000
Can't you just
be happy about that?

1747
01:06:17,133 --> 01:06:19,600
Now, work on making Michael
the focal point.

1748
01:06:19,734 --> 01:06:21,333
how his failed engagement
is in juxtaposition

1749
01:06:21,467 --> 01:06:23,000
with his grandparents' love.

1750
01:06:23,133 --> 01:06:24,166
That's the interesting part.

1751
01:06:24,300 --> 01:06:25,367
Good luck.

1752
01:06:37,266 --> 01:06:38,800
Thanks for coming here with me.

1753
01:06:38,934 --> 01:06:41,433
Why do you think
a jewelry dealer in Willow Brook

1754
01:06:41,567 --> 01:06:42,767
is going to know something?

1755
01:06:44,233 --> 01:06:46,333
Okay, every picture of Pearl
had her wearing the ring

1756
01:06:46,467 --> 01:06:48,166
until 1954.

1757
01:06:48,300 --> 01:06:49,400
Now, that was
around the same time

1758
01:06:49,533 --> 01:06:50,834
the loan was due.

1759
01:06:50,967 --> 01:06:53,266
I asked Paul,
did he think

1760
01:06:53,400 --> 01:06:55,734
that Pearl or William
ever sold the ring back to Carl.

1761
01:06:55,867 --> 01:06:57,900
He said his grandfather
never bought jewelry back,

1762
01:06:58,033 --> 01:07:00,433
but he referred people
to a dealer here.

1763
01:07:01,667 --> 01:07:02,800
It shouldn't be much further.

1764
01:07:04,500 --> 01:07:05,900
I don't think
Scott should sell the store.

1765
01:07:08,500 --> 01:07:09,767
Seeing the place
all decorated again,

1766
01:07:09,900 --> 01:07:11,533
and seeing what it's like
when people gather there,

1767
01:07:11,667 --> 01:07:13,734
talking about all these amazing
things we could do to
the place--

1768
01:07:13,867 --> 01:07:15,033
I kind of feel like...

1769
01:07:15,166 --> 01:07:16,834
I don't know, I feel like
maybe we gave up too soon.

1770
01:07:18,100 --> 01:07:19,133
Well, I hope
me doing this article

1771
01:07:19,266 --> 01:07:21,300
hasn't thrown
a wrench in anything.

1772
01:07:21,433 --> 01:07:23,367
Are you kidding?

1773
01:07:23,500 --> 01:07:25,367
You writing this article
was a good thing.

1774
01:07:25,500 --> 01:07:27,166
I mean, I've never felt
this close to my grandparents

1775
01:07:27,300 --> 01:07:28,867
or to Scott.

1776
01:07:29,000 --> 01:07:30,967
Um, speaking of this article,

1777
01:07:31,100 --> 01:07:34,066
there's something
I need to talk to you about.

1778
01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:35,066
Okay.

1779
01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:36,500
Okay...

1780
01:07:36,633 --> 01:07:38,867
Um...

1781
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:41,967
I promise this article
is not going to be about you,

1782
01:07:42,100 --> 01:07:44,467
but I might
have to use your name.

1783
01:07:45,967 --> 01:07:49,166
You've been such a big part
of my experience here,

1784
01:07:49,300 --> 01:07:51,567
and it might be weird
if I used a pseudonym for you.

1785
01:07:53,033 --> 01:07:55,066
But I won't
if you're not okay with it.

1786
01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:00,367
No, it's okay.

1787
01:08:00,500 --> 01:08:01,367
I get it.

1788
01:08:01,500 --> 01:08:03,233
I mean, they're my grandparents.

1789
01:08:03,367 --> 01:08:04,467
It makes sense.

1790
01:08:05,500 --> 01:08:06,734
Just... you know,

1791
01:08:06,867 --> 01:08:10,133
maybe don't mention
that I'm "that" Michael Jones.

1792
01:08:10,266 --> 01:08:11,300
Right.

1793
01:08:11,433 --> 01:08:12,500
I'm just getting to that point

1794
01:08:12,633 --> 01:08:14,133
where I feel like I've put
all that all behind me.

1795
01:08:14,266 --> 01:08:15,700
Of course.

1796
01:08:15,834 --> 01:08:18,400
Thank you.

1797
01:08:18,533 --> 01:08:20,233
I think this might be it.

1798
01:08:20,367 --> 01:08:21,233
Oh.

1799
01:08:21,367 --> 01:08:22,233
Should we go take a look?

1800
01:08:22,367 --> 01:08:23,333
-Yeah.
-Okay.

1801
01:08:24,400 --> 01:08:26,033
Merry Christmas.

1802
01:08:26,166 --> 01:08:27,567
Can I help you find anything?

1803
01:08:27,700 --> 01:08:29,233
Hi. Um...

1804
01:08:29,367 --> 01:08:30,533
This may sound a little bizarre,

1805
01:08:30,667 --> 01:08:33,433
but I'm wondering
if this engagement ring I found

1806
01:08:33,567 --> 01:08:37,867
may have come through here
around 1954.

1807
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:39,200
We definitely
don't have records

1808
01:08:39,333 --> 01:08:41,233
going back that far,

1809
01:08:41,367 --> 01:08:42,734
but my great uncle
has worked here forever.

1810
01:08:42,867 --> 01:08:43,734
Maybe he could help?

1811
01:08:43,867 --> 01:08:45,233
Is he here?

1812
01:08:45,367 --> 01:08:46,567
No, he's retired,

1813
01:08:46,700 --> 01:08:48,767
but he loves when I call him
from the store.

1814
01:08:48,900 --> 01:08:50,266
If you guys have a second?

1815
01:08:50,400 --> 01:08:51,900
Yeah, sure.
That would be great.

1816
01:08:56,934 --> 01:08:59,533
Cady my dear,
you need help pricing an item?

1817
01:08:59,667 --> 01:09:00,600
No, actually,

1818
01:09:00,734 --> 01:09:01,600
there's this couple

1819
01:09:01,734 --> 01:09:03,000
who's got a question

1820
01:09:03,133 --> 01:09:04,433
about a ring
we may have bought

1821
01:09:04,567 --> 01:09:06,300
a long time ago?

1822
01:09:07,633 --> 01:09:08,967
Hi.

1823
01:09:09,100 --> 01:09:10,834
I'm trying to trace
the history of this ring,

1824
01:09:10,967 --> 01:09:12,100
and I wanted to know

1825
01:09:12,233 --> 01:09:13,800
if it was sold to you
in the early 1950s?

1826
01:09:13,934 --> 01:09:15,867
I know it's a long shot,

1827
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:17,934
but this one has
a very unique inscription.

1828
01:09:19,633 --> 01:09:21,934
"Forever My Christmas Love,
1948."

1829
01:09:23,400 --> 01:09:24,567
You found it!

1830
01:09:26,467 --> 01:09:28,967
I've been keeping my eyes
peeled for that ring for years!

1831
01:09:29,100 --> 01:09:29,967
A woman came in--

1832
01:09:30,100 --> 01:09:31,000
gosh,

1833
01:09:31,133 --> 01:09:34,800
must have been 65 years ago.

1834
01:09:34,934 --> 01:09:36,100
Said she had sold it to us

1835
01:09:36,233 --> 01:09:37,700
to keep
her husband's business afloat.

1836
01:09:39,133 --> 01:09:41,133
Broke my heart when I told her
it was already gone.

1837
01:09:41,266 --> 01:09:42,500
She must have come back for it

1838
01:09:42,633 --> 01:09:44,834
after the store
started doing well.

1839
01:09:44,967 --> 01:09:46,133
At different times
in their lives,

1840
01:09:46,266 --> 01:09:48,266
they both sacrificed
what was most important to them

1841
01:09:48,400 --> 01:09:49,500
for their love.

1842
01:09:49,633 --> 01:09:51,367
They knew that being together,

1843
01:09:51,500 --> 01:09:53,633
following their dreams,

1844
01:09:53,767 --> 01:09:54,934
meant more than a ring.

1845
01:10:02,900 --> 01:10:04,033
Oh, looking good, bro.

1846
01:10:07,266 --> 01:10:08,900
I don't think we should sell.

1847
01:10:09,033 --> 01:10:10,033
You don't?

1848
01:10:10,166 --> 01:10:12,266
I've been thinking a lot
about your ideas,

1849
01:10:12,400 --> 01:10:14,233
and you're right,

1850
01:10:14,367 --> 01:10:15,533
with some changes,

1851
01:10:15,667 --> 01:10:16,800
this store
could be viable again.

1852
01:10:16,934 --> 01:10:18,100
I mean, Grandma and Grandpa

1853
01:10:18,233 --> 01:10:19,734
put so much of themselves
into this place.

1854
01:10:19,867 --> 01:10:22,266
They left it behind for us.

1855
01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:25,233
Selling would kind of feel like
losing them all over again.

1856
01:10:25,367 --> 01:10:26,700
I agree.

1857
01:10:26,834 --> 01:10:28,667
I think this place could
really be something unique.

1858
01:10:28,800 --> 01:10:29,767
Listen, I'd love to show you

1859
01:10:29,900 --> 01:10:31,533
some of the modifications
I made to the blueprints.

1860
01:10:31,667 --> 01:10:33,133
-Yeah. Let's do it.
-Yeah?

1861
01:10:33,266 --> 01:10:34,934
We just have to get to
the newspaper Christmas party.

1862
01:10:35,066 --> 01:10:35,934
Right.

1863
01:10:36,066 --> 01:10:36,934
We'll talk later?

1864
01:10:37,066 --> 01:10:38,500
I'm looking forward to it, bro.

1865
01:10:40,066 --> 01:10:40,967
-Me too.
-All right.

1866
01:10:41,100 --> 01:10:42,233
Bye.

1867
01:10:42,367 --> 01:10:43,667
-Bye.
-Bye.

1868
01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:48,133
Thank you.

1869
01:10:48,266 --> 01:10:49,300
-For what?
-For everything.

1870
01:10:49,433 --> 01:10:51,066
None of this would have
happened without you.

1871
01:10:52,367 --> 01:10:53,834
You really reconnected us
to our legacy.

1872
01:10:57,433 --> 01:10:58,400
What are you doing?

1873
01:10:58,533 --> 01:11:00,967
Well, with my article
being due tonight,

1874
01:11:01,100 --> 01:11:02,100
I want to be able to say

1875
01:11:02,233 --> 01:11:03,800
I returned the ring
to the family in the end.

1876
01:11:10,433 --> 01:11:11,800
Hey, um...

1877
01:11:13,266 --> 01:11:15,066
Would you like come to
the Christmas Eve dance with me?

1878
01:11:16,233 --> 01:11:17,300
I mean,
with the article finished,

1879
01:11:17,433 --> 01:11:18,367
I figure...

1880
01:11:18,500 --> 01:11:20,166
it wouldn't be
a conflict of interest anymore.

1881
01:11:22,166 --> 01:11:23,834
I would love to go with you.

1882
01:11:23,967 --> 01:11:25,867
-Great.
-Great.

1883
01:11:26,000 --> 01:11:27,767
Now, um...

1884
01:11:27,900 --> 01:11:29,200
-I'd better go finish writing.
-Uh, yeah.

1885
01:11:29,333 --> 01:11:30,333
Oh, yeah.
Thank you.

1886
01:11:30,467 --> 01:11:31,600
Bye.

1887
01:11:31,734 --> 01:11:32,800
Goodbye.

1888
01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:42,767
Hey.

1889
01:11:42,900 --> 01:11:44,100
Just calling
to see how it's going.

1890
01:11:44,233 --> 01:11:45,500
It's going.

1891
01:11:45,633 --> 01:11:47,600
I mean,
I have the perfect ending.

1892
01:11:47,734 --> 01:11:49,333
Are you doing
the article you want

1893
01:11:49,467 --> 01:11:51,300
or the one Linda wants?

1894
01:11:51,433 --> 01:11:54,033
I'm doing the article
on The Christmas Ring,

1895
01:11:54,166 --> 01:11:55,600
and what true love really takes.

1896
01:11:56,633 --> 01:11:58,200
-I admire you.
-Thanks.

1897
01:11:59,600 --> 01:12:01,200
I'm hoping the words
speak for themselves.

1898
01:12:01,333 --> 01:12:02,567
Can't wait to read it.

1899
01:12:02,700 --> 01:12:03,834
Talk soon.

1900
01:12:08,734 --> 01:12:10,166
Come in.

1901
01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:13,500
Thought you could use
some nourishment.

1902
01:12:13,633 --> 01:12:15,000
You're too kind.

1903
01:12:16,467 --> 01:12:19,033
I'm so glad you found out
what happened to the ring.

1904
01:12:19,166 --> 01:12:20,934
And I'm sure Michael and Scott
are glad, too.

1905
01:12:21,066 --> 01:12:22,500
I'm glad I could return it.

1906
01:12:22,633 --> 01:12:23,667
Maybe someday,

1907
01:12:23,800 --> 01:12:25,000
somebody will find
your mom's ring

1908
01:12:25,133 --> 01:12:26,667
and they'll return it to you.

1909
01:12:26,800 --> 01:12:28,767
Maybe,

1910
01:12:28,900 --> 01:12:32,166
but I realized
I wanted the ring back so bad

1911
01:12:32,300 --> 01:12:33,467
because I wanted my mom back.

1912
01:12:34,667 --> 01:12:36,567
But the truth is,

1913
01:12:36,700 --> 01:12:39,567
I don't need a piece of jewelry
to have my mom with me.

1914
01:12:39,700 --> 01:12:42,000
As long as I hold her
in my heart and my memories,

1915
01:12:42,133 --> 01:12:43,867
she's always with me.

1916
01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:46,934
Maybe the search for it
was all I needed.

1917
01:12:47,066 --> 01:12:50,033
After all, it led me here
and it led me to--

1918
01:12:53,166 --> 01:12:54,433
The story.

1919
01:12:56,867 --> 01:12:58,500
Well, I'll let you
get back to it.

1920
01:13:33,533 --> 01:13:35,100
I'm so sorry, Kendra.

1921
01:13:35,233 --> 01:13:36,400
Linda ruined it.

1922
01:13:36,533 --> 01:13:38,000
Your version
was so much better.

1923
01:13:38,133 --> 01:13:39,100
Call me.

1924
01:13:46,934 --> 01:13:48,200
No, no, no, no, no.

1925
01:13:51,934 --> 01:13:53,467
This isn't my article.

1926
01:13:53,600 --> 01:13:56,066
Oh, no! This is all wrong!

1927
01:14:09,367 --> 01:14:10,333
Michael.

1928
01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:13,867
You lied to me.

1929
01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:15,700
No.

1930
01:14:15,834 --> 01:14:18,333
Michael, my boss did this.

1931
01:14:18,467 --> 01:14:20,300
She took my words
and she twisted them.

1932
01:14:20,433 --> 01:14:21,734
You made me believe

1933
01:14:21,867 --> 01:14:23,834
that you were writing this story
about true love...

1934
01:14:25,033 --> 01:14:28,100
about how love
takes sacrifice and risk...

1935
01:14:29,800 --> 01:14:31,233
and instead, you used me.

1936
01:14:32,300 --> 01:14:33,500
You have to believe me.

1937
01:14:33,633 --> 01:14:35,300
This isn't what I wanted.

1938
01:14:35,433 --> 01:14:36,467
This isn't what I wrote.

1939
01:14:36,600 --> 01:14:37,967
You should leave.

1940
01:14:38,100 --> 01:14:39,467
Michael.

1941
01:14:40,867 --> 01:14:41,834
I need you to leave.

1942
01:14:52,433 --> 01:14:53,367
Kendra!

1943
01:14:53,500 --> 01:14:55,800
You completely changed it.

1944
01:14:57,500 --> 01:14:58,533
I colored it up a bit,

1945
01:14:58,667 --> 01:15:00,200
but that's my job.

1946
01:15:00,333 --> 01:15:01,467
I'm your editor.

1947
01:15:01,600 --> 01:15:03,567
Your article is good,

1948
01:15:03,700 --> 01:15:05,133
but the heartbreak
of a man licking his wounds

1949
01:15:05,266 --> 01:15:06,367
after losing it all

1950
01:15:06,500 --> 01:15:07,800
to an ex who falls in love
with someone else

1951
01:15:07,934 --> 01:15:09,233
is way more juicy.

1952
01:15:09,367 --> 01:15:11,100
I told him it wasn't about him.

1953
01:15:11,233 --> 01:15:12,367
Well, it was
his grandma's ring,

1954
01:15:12,500 --> 01:15:13,700
he was part of the story
the whole time.

1955
01:15:13,834 --> 01:15:14,700
I'm sure he knew that.

1956
01:15:14,834 --> 01:15:15,734
No, he didn't.

1957
01:15:15,867 --> 01:15:16,800
I know you want to write

1958
01:15:16,934 --> 01:15:19,066
these articles
on the human experience

1959
01:15:19,200 --> 01:15:20,300
and meaningful moments,

1960
01:15:20,433 --> 01:15:23,633
but I want to sell ad space,

1961
01:15:23,767 --> 01:15:25,400
and that's where Quizzer is
at the moment.

1962
01:15:25,533 --> 01:15:27,066
Now, I gave you a chance,
it just didn't work.

1963
01:15:28,500 --> 01:15:29,900
You're right.

1964
01:15:30,033 --> 01:15:31,367
Well, good, I'm glad
we're on the same page.

1965
01:15:31,500 --> 01:15:33,700
You're right
that this isn't working.

1966
01:15:35,700 --> 01:15:38,433
I've been so scared
to leave this place

1967
01:15:38,567 --> 01:15:41,734
and lose out
on a good-paying job,

1968
01:15:41,867 --> 01:15:44,567
but I love to write about
what actually matters...

1969
01:15:46,533 --> 01:15:47,500
and sometimes...

1970
01:15:50,367 --> 01:15:52,367
real love takes sacrifice.

1971
01:15:52,500 --> 01:15:53,867
What are you getting at?

1972
01:15:56,333 --> 01:15:57,400
I quit.

1973
01:16:08,433 --> 01:16:10,367
Pick up.
Please, please, pick up.

1974
01:16:10,500 --> 01:16:12,667
Kendra, hi.

1975
01:16:12,800 --> 01:16:14,767
Trish, I'm so glad you answered.

1976
01:16:14,900 --> 01:16:16,734
I have been thinking
about you non-stop.

1977
01:16:16,867 --> 01:16:17,767
You're not mad at me?

1978
01:16:17,900 --> 01:16:19,133
Look, call it
journalistic intuition,

1979
01:16:19,266 --> 01:16:20,300
but I don't think you had

1980
01:16:20,433 --> 01:16:21,500
anything to do
with that article.

1981
01:16:21,633 --> 01:16:23,700
I wish Michael understood that.

1982
01:16:23,834 --> 01:16:25,633
I know, I tried, I did.

1983
01:16:25,767 --> 01:16:28,166
He's...
he's just too upset right now.

1984
01:16:28,300 --> 01:16:29,433
None of this would have happened

1985
01:16:29,567 --> 01:16:30,867
if I hadn't interrupted
his life.

1986
01:16:31,000 --> 01:16:32,100
Perhaps,

1987
01:16:32,233 --> 01:16:34,133
but you brought
Michael and Scott together,

1988
01:16:34,266 --> 01:16:36,333
and you reconnected them
to William and Pearl.

1989
01:16:36,467 --> 01:16:38,467
I want to make this right,
but I need your help.

1990
01:16:38,600 --> 01:16:39,967
How can I help?

1991
01:16:40,100 --> 01:16:41,467
Would the Pine Grove Gazette

1992
01:16:41,600 --> 01:16:43,600
run the real story
of The Christmas Ring?

1993
01:16:43,734 --> 01:16:44,700
The one I wrote?

1994
01:16:44,834 --> 01:16:46,433
We would be honored.

1995
01:16:46,567 --> 01:16:48,266
Okay, I need
to make some changes,

1996
01:16:48,400 --> 01:16:49,533
but I will send it
to you tonight.

1997
01:16:49,667 --> 01:16:50,600
Great.

1998
01:16:50,734 --> 01:16:52,033
I'll make it
front page tomorrow,

1999
01:16:52,166 --> 01:16:53,300
just in time for the dance.

2000
01:16:53,433 --> 01:16:54,600
Thank you.

2001
01:17:01,967 --> 01:17:03,834
with a ring that had been
passed down in his family

2002
01:17:03,967 --> 01:17:05,266
for four generations.

2003
01:17:07,200 --> 01:17:08,600
I know this

2004
01:17:08,734 --> 01:17:10,066
because when I was little,

2005
01:17:10,200 --> 01:17:11,500
I used to sit
on my mother's lap

2006
01:17:11,633 --> 01:17:13,133
and turn the ring
around and around

2007
01:17:13,266 --> 01:17:14,367
while she told me

2008
01:17:14,500 --> 01:17:16,066
that they were blessed
with the legacy of love.

2009
01:17:19,967 --> 01:17:21,934
After my mom passed away,

2010
01:17:22,066 --> 01:17:23,333
my dad held onto the ring,

2011
01:17:23,467 --> 01:17:24,867
promising
it would be mine one day.

2012
01:17:26,467 --> 01:17:28,600
Last year, he joined my mom,

2013
01:17:28,734 --> 01:17:31,100
and I was left
with a hole in my heart.

2014
01:17:34,367 --> 01:17:36,166
A few weeks after his funeral,

2015
01:17:36,300 --> 01:17:37,567
I realized
I hadn't seen the ring

2016
01:17:37,700 --> 01:17:39,900
in any of my father's things.

2017
01:17:40,033 --> 01:17:42,233
It was gone,
and it felt

2018
01:17:42,367 --> 01:17:43,600
like I lost them both
all over again.

2019
01:17:45,200 --> 01:17:47,934
So I made sure to check
every antique shop I passed,

2020
01:17:48,066 --> 01:17:49,467
but time and time again,

2021
01:17:49,600 --> 01:17:51,266
my search turned up short.

2022
01:17:52,533 --> 01:17:54,767
That was until two weeks ago,

2023
01:17:54,900 --> 01:17:57,166
when I found
someone else's engagement ring

2024
01:17:57,300 --> 01:17:58,867
at an antique market in Boston.

2025
01:18:00,533 --> 01:18:02,500
The ring was stunning,

2026
01:18:02,633 --> 01:18:05,000
and the inscription inside
moved me.

2027
01:18:05,133 --> 01:18:06,767
I had to know the story
behind this ring.

2028
01:18:08,033 --> 01:18:09,834
And so I began my quest,

2029
01:18:09,967 --> 01:18:11,967
and it led me
to Pine Grove, Massachusetts,

2030
01:18:12,100 --> 01:18:14,667
a town so full
of Christmas magic,

2031
01:18:14,800 --> 01:18:16,100
I felt like a kid again.

2032
01:18:18,633 --> 01:18:19,633
William Jones

2033
01:18:19,767 --> 01:18:21,200
worked on the railroad
in Pine Grove

2034
01:18:21,333 --> 01:18:23,200
and was saving up
to open up his dream store,

2035
01:18:23,333 --> 01:18:25,033
but in 1947,

2036
01:18:25,166 --> 01:18:27,967
at the Main Street Festival's
Christmas Eve dance,

2037
01:18:28,100 --> 01:18:29,333
his plans changed

2038
01:18:29,467 --> 01:18:30,500
when he met

2039
01:18:30,633 --> 01:18:33,333
a beautiful debutante
named Pearl.

2040
01:18:33,467 --> 01:18:35,100
Although they were
from different worlds,

2041
01:18:35,233 --> 01:18:36,233
the two quickly fell in love.

2042
01:18:38,033 --> 01:18:40,000
He decided
to put his dream on hold

2043
01:18:40,133 --> 01:18:41,367
and order a very special

2044
01:18:41,500 --> 01:18:43,567
custom engagement ring
for Pearl.

2045
01:18:47,000 --> 01:18:48,500
Not one to wait,

2046
01:18:48,633 --> 01:18:51,834
William soon took out a loan
and began building the store,

2047
01:18:51,967 --> 01:18:53,800
but as most businesses do,

2048
01:18:53,934 --> 01:18:55,834
it struggled
in the first couple of years

2049
01:18:55,967 --> 01:18:56,900
and William and Pearl

2050
01:18:57,033 --> 01:18:58,233
were in danger
of losing it all.

2051
01:18:59,967 --> 01:19:01,567
So Pearl did
the only thing she could do

2052
01:19:01,700 --> 01:19:04,266
to help keep
her love's dream alive--

2053
01:19:04,400 --> 01:19:05,667
she sold the ring.

2054
01:19:09,767 --> 01:19:12,633
The Jones General Store
is still in the family,

2055
01:19:12,767 --> 01:19:15,734
owned by William and Pearl's
grandsons, Scott and Michael.

2056
01:19:15,867 --> 01:19:18,233
Even they didn't know
the story behind the ring,

2057
01:19:18,367 --> 01:19:19,433
but, together,

2058
01:19:19,567 --> 01:19:20,700
we discovered

2059
01:19:20,834 --> 01:19:23,600
that it was so much more
than a circle of gold,

2060
01:19:23,734 --> 01:19:25,734
it was a symbol of family,

2061
01:19:25,867 --> 01:19:27,433
of sacrifice,

2062
01:19:27,567 --> 01:19:29,100
and, above all...

2063
01:19:29,233 --> 01:19:30,467
a symbol of true love.

2064
01:19:33,000 --> 01:19:35,233
While uncovering the story
behind the ring,

2065
01:19:35,367 --> 01:19:37,233
I started to fall in love
with Michael.

2066
01:19:39,367 --> 01:19:42,133
I realized it was time
to take a risk,

2067
01:19:42,266 --> 01:19:44,800
time to quit my job
and follow my own path.

2068
01:19:48,033 --> 01:19:49,133
So here I am now,

2069
01:19:49,266 --> 01:19:52,433
sharing the true story
of the Christmas Ring,

2070
01:19:52,567 --> 01:19:55,900
a story I didn't realize
I had become a part of.

2071
01:19:59,700 --> 01:20:00,967
That is why I'll be

2072
01:20:01,100 --> 01:20:02,533
at the Pine Grove
Christmas Eve dance,

2073
01:20:02,667 --> 01:20:04,967
where Pearl and William
first met,

2074
01:20:05,100 --> 01:20:06,700
and I'll be there
waiting for Michael,

2075
01:20:06,834 --> 01:20:08,934
in the hopes that he feels
the same way

2076
01:20:09,066 --> 01:20:10,467
and can see that even though

2077
01:20:10,600 --> 01:20:11,900
I went to Pine Grove

2078
01:20:12,033 --> 01:20:14,400
looking for answers
about a stranger's ring,

2079
01:20:14,533 --> 01:20:15,734
what I found

2080
01:20:15,867 --> 01:20:17,367
was the missing piece
to my own heart.

2081
01:20:30,367 --> 01:20:31,367
Hi.

2082
01:20:31,500 --> 01:20:32,433
It was a lovely article.

2083
01:20:32,567 --> 01:20:34,233
Thank you.

2084
01:20:34,367 --> 01:20:35,433
I hope everyone feels that way.

2085
01:20:35,567 --> 01:20:37,066
Have faith.

2086
01:20:37,200 --> 01:20:38,467
I'll try.

2087
01:20:44,166 --> 01:20:45,033
Any sign of him?

2088
01:20:45,166 --> 01:20:46,233
I tried calling.

2089
01:20:46,367 --> 01:20:47,233
There's still time.

2090
01:20:47,367 --> 01:20:48,266
Whatever happens,

2091
01:20:48,400 --> 01:20:50,233
I want to thank you both
so much,

2092
01:20:50,367 --> 01:20:51,767
for everything.

2093
01:20:51,900 --> 01:20:53,800
No, Kendra, thank you.

2094
01:20:55,000 --> 01:20:55,867
I'm going to go get us
some cider?

2095
01:20:56,000 --> 01:20:57,000
Okay.

2096
01:20:59,367 --> 01:21:00,633
I'll have another look around.

2097
01:21:16,767 --> 01:21:19,100
You look beautiful.

2098
01:21:19,233 --> 01:21:21,333
Michael, I'm so sorry.
I should have--

2099
01:21:21,467 --> 01:21:22,867
No, no. I'm sorry.

2100
01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:24,700
I should have believed you.

2101
01:21:31,133 --> 01:21:32,633
Would you like to dance?

2102
01:21:47,834 --> 01:21:49,967
So is it true
you walked away from Quizzer?

2103
01:21:50,100 --> 01:21:51,867
I did.

2104
01:21:52,000 --> 01:21:53,934
I decided to take you up
on your suggestion

2105
01:21:54,066 --> 01:21:56,533
of starting
my own online magazine,

2106
01:21:56,667 --> 01:21:59,000
strictly human-interest pieces,

2107
01:21:59,133 --> 01:22:00,934
like "The Christmas Ring."

2108
01:22:02,500 --> 01:22:03,500
I think that's a great idea.

2109
01:22:03,633 --> 01:22:06,567
Have you decided
where will your offices be?

2110
01:22:06,700 --> 01:22:08,166
Right now?

2111
01:22:08,300 --> 01:22:09,467
Out of my apartment in Boston.

2112
01:22:10,900 --> 01:22:12,934
That is a funny coincidence.

2113
01:22:13,066 --> 01:22:15,767
I'm actually
moving to Boston soon.

2114
01:22:15,900 --> 01:22:16,967
You are?

2115
01:22:18,867 --> 01:22:20,033
You know,
redesigning the store

2116
01:22:20,166 --> 01:22:21,834
completely inspired me.

2117
01:22:21,967 --> 01:22:23,867
I'm starting a new firm.

2118
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:25,934
One that focuses on
taking buildings of the past

2119
01:22:26,066 --> 01:22:27,333
and updating them
for the future.

2120
01:22:28,467 --> 01:22:30,934
It's gonna be a brand-new start.

2121
01:22:31,066 --> 01:22:32,900
And what better place
for both of our goals

2122
01:22:33,033 --> 01:22:34,834
than Boston?

2123
01:22:34,967 --> 01:22:37,333
What about Pine Grove?

2124
01:22:37,467 --> 01:22:39,367
It's not too far.

2125
01:22:39,500 --> 01:22:42,500
It's where I'll spend
my weekends...

2126
01:22:42,633 --> 01:22:43,834
and you can join me
if you want to.

2127
01:22:45,300 --> 01:22:47,100
After all,
you're a part of the story now.

2128
01:22:49,367 --> 01:22:51,934
Which is why, I think

2129
01:22:52,066 --> 01:22:54,900
Pearl...

2130
01:22:55,033 --> 01:22:56,667
would want you
to hold on to this.

2131
01:23:03,700 --> 01:23:04,967
May I?

2132
01:23:05,100 --> 01:23:06,266
Yes.