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Chapter 12

First Two Weeks

After a mere two weeks of us dating, Robert asked me to marry him. At first, it was an incredible shock, and my mind raced with crazy emotions. I couldn’t pinpoint the exact feeling during that moment, so let’s just say all of them. At this time, I withheld from deciding and made him wait for an answer. Robert was always a gentleman. I felt like we couldn’t get enough of each other. Our love was so passionate and real. I would be at work, and all I could do was think of him.

Every minute we had together, we became inseparable. Then Robert asked me to meet his mother, Judith. She was also an artist, and Robert took us out to lunch to get to know each other. Everything went well. Then I met his younger brother, Donald, and his grandparents from his mother’s side of the family. His grandfather’s name was Roland, and his grandmother’s was Simone. Hold on to that name for a future reference. On this side of Robert’s family, he had three aunts, one uncle. Their names were Peggie, Vivian, Diane, and the uncle, Roland. On Robert’s father’s side of the family, he had one aunt, Larine, and one uncle, Roger, and his grandmother, Jean. His paternal grandfather, Joseph, passed away before I came into the picture.

Robert had many friends in Springfield, Massachusetts, and was well-known throughout the small town. We both worked, and when we had days off, we were always together. Robert’s best friend since childhood was a man by the name of Anthony Bradley. Anthony’s family was a second family to Robert, his brother, and his mother. Robert’s parents divorced long before I met Robert. He was a young boy entitled to running his family at such a young age. He was the most mature of his friends. I think it was because of the pressures piled onto him as a child. Robert also had many jobs and knew what it was like to work for something you wanted in life. We both had the same work ethic, another characteristic we both admired in each other. We continued to meet each other’s friends. They all said we were moving too fast, but we knew better and didn’t really care how they felt. When you know, you know. Don’t ever let someone try to tell you to overlook a decision. Especially when everything from your soul to your body tells you yes. Robert also met my family: John, Barbara, and my brother Mark. He also met some of my beloved aunts and uncles.

Everything was going so well, and work was great for me. Robert ran and operated his own jewelry company. Robert lived at home with his mother when we met. Before that, he lived in Maryland but had been in a terrible car crash and moved home after his surgery to recover. Robert’s mother worked hard to make ends meet for her family. She was a single mother raising two young boys all by herself. Judith raised both of her sons to be independent and always to take care of their family. A trait I still hold dear to my heart that I have instilled upon my children. Donald, Robert’s younger brother, went off to college in Washington. So it was just Robert and his mother in the house. Robert took care of his mom whenever she needed help. He was raised to be a gentleman and to take care of his family under any circumstances. Even at such a young age of seven years old. Robert was also brought up with similar morals and work ethic I had grown up with as well. He was a kind person and recognized early on that what you put out into the universe with positive intention will return with rewards second fold.

There were so many things I loved about Robert: He was a genuine born leader with the heart of a lion. He was passionate, generous, and warm-hearted. He led his pride with honor and elegance. He was constantly cheerful and humorous. Like any king of the pride, he was very stubborn, just like me, his future queen.