The jewelry business was small by industry standards, but to us it felt important. Serious. Alive. Every tray of rings and chains represented money we had already risked and inventory we would somehow have to replace if we wanted to stay in business another month. People who have never worked inside a small retail operation during unstable economic times often imagine business as orderly. Predictable. Numbers on ledgers. But when prices begin moving wildly underneath your fee

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