Surprise!

I was listening to Eric and Kathy when I was getting ready for work Thursday, just like I do every morning. Earlier that morning, they were talking about this guy David Holder who was featured in the RedEye. This past week he was seen in front of Wrigley Field with a sign that read, "Help Please, In Love … Need $$$ for Ring!"

Just before I turned off the radio, this woman calls in and was wondering why she heard her name and her boyfriend’s name on the radio. She didn’t hear everything that Eric and Kathy were talking about, but she heard something about being in the RedEye. That’s right, this was Kristy Valdes, David’s girlfriend, and she had no idea what David was up to for Valentine’s Day. At this point, I had to get in the car and drive into work.

On my way downstairs and out of the garage, Eric and Kathy had Cynthia talk to Kristy, making sure she wasn’t listening to the radio, while they searched for David near Wrigley. They couldn’t find him, but they did finally get a hold of him on his cell phone. David was pretty upset about the whole RedEye article about him. He knew someone was writing an article about it, but he didn’t know for what paper or when it would print.

This article sort of blew the cover off of his plan, which was to buy an engagement ring for his girlfriend, with hopes of propsing on Valentine’s Day. The ring he had in mind was one in which Kristy had previously showed some interest. He also needed $2,500 to get it, which he didn’t have because he only works a part-time job at a messenger company. David also volunteers forty to fifty hours a week at a HELPS ministry run by Kristy’s father.

David didn’t know where he would get that money, so he went out begging for the money. He had his sign out with a jug to collect money in, and by Thursday he had only collected $80. A far cry from what he needed for the ring. This is when Eric and Kathy started to get the ball rolling. They got the marketing department frantically working to get a jeweler to donate an engagement ring, or at least help David pay for one.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get to hear the Friday update because I was home sick. Thankfully, the story showed up on My Yahoo! As it turns out, the ring is being donated by Azar Jewelers, Kristy’s place of employment. Fadi Azar, Kristy’s boss, donated the $6,000 ring to couple. Kristy and David are going out to dinner tonight, where David will propose to her. As for David’s big surprise getting ruined by the media, Kristy is going to pretend as if she didn’t know tonight. Call me a sap, but I like happy endings.

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