"Oh. Ah. I'm glad you liked it," I say.

The phonograph hadn't been easy to find, but once I thought of it I couldn't shake that it would be the perfect way to show my appreciation. If she was getting records here that at least meant she was interested in using it, right? That made me feel better about going with that instead of something like flowers that seemed more traditional.

"I thought, I don't know, it's not as good as modern music players but I figured it would be something... familiar."