A heartwarming Wellesley holiday tale

A scene we came across  last week at the Thunder sporting goods store. A store employee asked if anyone might have lost a piece of jewelry — a heart pendant covered in diamonds. A woman whose heart palpitations could be heard throughout the store — and probably across Wellesley Square — quickly claimed the piece, noting that it had fallen off her necklace. “I can tell by your reaction that those must be real,” we commented. The woman replied: “I just had it replaced after it was stolen over the summer” and noted that it wouldn’t have gone down real well at home if she’d lost the jewelry. Could have been one very expensive shopping trip…