Exchanging Guilt For a Piece of Jewelry

By Jossy Grishan

Getting stuck at one spot in life happens occasionally. There's no question about it. Even if we try hard to get away from it, things just happen spontaneously.

Well, I have this great tote bag that I picked from round the corner which red Gucci. While I was picking that, I wasn't sure that it was a doppelganger. I searched online and found that it was one of the highly talked about Gucci's replica handbags. With this additional information, I had, I have flaunted that bag ever since I remember. There have been friends and other family members who have asked me about the worth of the same and I shall escape the question smiling at them saying, Gucci is precious. I have been able to conceal the secret of the bag being a facsimile bag but I have never spoken of the bag being the original Gucci bag. Yes, I have enjoyed the social recognition and the envious eyes that it has attracted for me.

In a high school reunion recently I came across my best friend who I lost touch with, with the passage of time. She and I were the best of friends ever. However, time changes every thing. For a moment when we met, it felt that all the feeling got rejuvenated but as we started to talk the communication gap over years started to become prominent. Still, the bond that we had was felt.

She told me that she's married to a the CEO of an advertising firm and that she loves her life being a stay at home mom and traveling the world with her family. Another thing though is that when I saw her, I was in awe of how she looks. She definitely had class and taste, one that I have seen in her in a while. She looked at my Gucci tote and fell in love with it instantly. She kept on asking me where I got it because apparently, she's been looking for this type of tote for a while now. I told her that I got it from this random online fashion catalog and ordered it from there. She then called me a week later and told me that she couldn't find it there. I knew that this purse meant a lot to her and she's definitely stressing over it.

She and I met the week after to browse the market for the same. Every time we entered into a designer handbag shop, my heart pounced. I didn't want the designer boutique guy to reveal the secret that it was a facsimile bag. Ironically, no one did. We browsed the entire day but the same couldn't be located. She in fact contacted the Gucci dealers directly to get that model, but she was told that they were out of stock and when Gucci would manufacture the same again is a question that has no answer.

I offered her the bag, insisting that she could just take mine. She refused but then when I persistently requested her she agreed. In return, when she got to my place after fortnight she got me a white gold pendant with my initials studded with small sparkling diamonds.

To my surprise she told me that she wanted to give me one more. I told her no more because she does not even know that what I gave her was a replica handbag. It was too late for me to tell her already, she put it around my neck. I think it is a good thing to do good deeds to other people more often, because you will get so much in return. - 30535

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