Before the Wedding, My Father Gave My Black Onyx Ring to My Sister
In the Ferro family, every daughter received a black onyx ring before getting married.
The stone was jet-black, with the Ferro family's signature F engraved in the center.
My father said it wasn't jewelry. It was a Ferro family vow.
As long as you wore it, the whole Ferro family would have your back, wherever marriage took you.
My twin sister, Lucia Ferro, and I were getting married on the same day.
But in the days leading up to the wedding, my father brought out only one velvet ring box.
Lucia held out her hand in delight as our relatives raised their glasses.
I stared at my bare ring finger, then turned to my mother. "Where's mine?"
My mother, Margaret Ferro, avoided my eyes and pretended