Clay stuck by his original decision, "I'd rather you keep them. If you need to sell them you can do that. Just sell them, don't pawn them."

She'd get more money that way. The way he looked at it, he bought them for Annie, they were hers, thirty-eight thousand dollars or not.

He did, however, let her pay for the cab and told the driver to wait, "I'll get the one to the airport."