Alex收到奶奶的遗物是一个打火机，一开始她百思不得其解。

她和爷爷一起看相片，她看到一张照片里奶奶笑得很开心。爷爷回忆道：是啊，当时我们喝得烂醉，那是去年的国庆节，你奶奶最喜欢的节日。普林普顿家搞了烧烤，你奶奶和我喝姜汁玛格丽特喝多了，我们就回家打了个盹，结果错过了那晚的烟花表演。她头一回错过，她当时特别生气，我为了补偿她，当天晚些时候特意为她办了一场烟火表演，虽然只是在后院用弓弹发射荧光棒而已。

爷爷提醒Alex，奶奶的信还没有被打开：

“This is a lighter. It belonged to my favorite actor, Paul Newman. One day, he came into the restaurant where I was waitressing and accidentally left it behind. For the first time in my life, I did something I wasn't supposed to and slipped it into my pocket. One of the customers saw and said, 'don't worry. Your secret's safe with me.' That customer turned out to be the love of my life, your grandfather. So, my Alex, who I love so dearly, who is probably too much like me for her own good, every once in a while, don't be afraid to break the rules. You never know what can happen.”

打火机是她偶像留下的东西，是她与此生挚爱的定情之物，是点燃她最爱的烟花秀的导引，是她许多爱恋与美好回忆的载体。打火机本身是不那么具有收藏价值的东西，因为爱才被赋予特别的意义。

死物再稀奇，譬如钻石，也只是一颗石头而已。