THE ONE!!! Pt 1

"OMG!!!!!! He proposed today at the beach!!!" I screamed as I tore past several people along the road in a bid to reach my best friend at the other side of the road who was grinning from ear to ear. "He proposed Lucy!!!!!!" I screamed breathlessly flashing my ten carat gold studded ring. "Wow!!!" Lucy gasped obviously taken aback by the stunning beauty of the ring; "I'm so happy for you Lin, the ring is so beautiful" I blushed heavily as I tried to catch my breath "Lu, this is the most happiest day of my life, I gotta go back to the beach, I left Roy on his knees so I could come break the news to you, I will give you the gist when I come back. Take care hun" And with that, I gave Lu a peck and headed back to the beach.
      Hi! My name is Linda but Lucy calls me Lin while I call her Lu. Where do I start narrating my ordeal. I am a single woman of 29, a banker (top notch), I have being in and out of about ten relationships, got my heart broken 9 times and I broke the heart of my 10th boyfriend even though he did nothing wrong to deserve that but I just wanted someone to feel the pain I always feel whenever a guy tells me "it's over". After all I went through, I shut the gate of my heart and threw the key away and with the help of my best friend Lu, I was able to get through all the traumas and focus on my career telling myself that I don't need a man to be happy. Well it turns out that I needed a man to be happy. I was born in Nigeria but spent all my life in the U.S. After about 5 almost married trauma, my life turned upside down. You know that feeling when you are expecting something and ur partner gives you another thing like when Jake, my 3rd boyfriend, invited me on a date, a romantic date to be precise, with the whole setting like that of an engagement party. I was so certain that he was going to propose then he told me that he was moving to Spain and he found someone there he will like to spend his life with. Well u can imagine my reaction.
      I am the first born and first daughter in my family and as the custom was back then, the eldest daughter must get married first before the younger ones. Well I have 5 sisters and all of them kept waiting for me to tie the knot with someone but that knot was a strong knot that didn't want to be tied. Well as I speak to you, my last sister is getting married in two days time and just like the others, I was chosen to be her chief bridesmaid afterall, I'm still single. And that's where I met Roy. After sixteen days of getting to know each other, I concluded that he was the One but duh! Wat do I know? I've had 9 "The Ones" and none actually turned out to be the one. I decided to take it slowly and not show so much desperation to get married cos it was really obvious.
To be continued....