Closingthering2007 Stories

When the world was at war, Teddy Gordon believed he was leaving his life behind. He was wrong. He left for Europe with a ring in his pocket and a promise in his heart-a promise to return to Ethel Ann, the girl who made him believe in forever. But when his plane crashes over Belfast, Teddy survives what should have been his end. He returns home, scarred and changed, to a life he never expected: marriage, children, and a love so deep it becomes his anchor. Decades later, a young man named Jimmy finds a ring in the wreckage of the crash site and travels to Michigan to return it to the woman whose name is engraved inside. Ethel Ann's daughter Marie is furious, convinced her mother has lived a life built on lies. But the truth is far more powerful-and far more romantic-than anyone could imagine. Teddy's love story is not just a war-time memory. It's a life. It's a family. It's a promise that survived the crash-and the years.