All Yours
Inside, nestled on black silk, is the most beautiful collar I have ever seen: thin rose-gold chain links, delicate but unbreakable, with a small heart-shaped lock in the front and a tiny engraved tag dangling from it that reads Daddy’s Girl in elegant script.
Tears spill instantly, hot and fast.
He takes it out gently, fastens it around my throat, clicks the tiny lock shut with a soft, final sound. The weight is perfect—light enough to wear every day, heavy enough I will feel it every second.
“No one will question a pretty necklace,” he says, voice low. “But you will know. And I will know. Every time you touch it, you will remember who you belong to.”
I touch it reverently, tears dripping on