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the gifts that arrived from London every week. Louis Vuitton<br />

handbags, Chanel perfumes, Omega watches—Rohan sent them all,<br />

not just for me, but the entire family My parents felt we may never get<br />

this good a match again. My mother said I didn’t need to study more<br />

as Rohan’s family was so rich.<br />

I still didn't give in, until last night.<br />

Yesterday, Rohan came down from London to Delhi. He came<br />

down for just four hours, only to see me. None of our parents know he<br />

did. He came and picked me up from Stephen’s in the Bentley he keeps<br />

in India. We went for a long drive. He said he loves to travel, and I<br />

would make his best travel and life partner. He said he realized I was<br />

young, but I could continue to study in London. He had found out<br />

from Mom that I wanted to study music. He had brought a list of the<br />

top music schools in London with him.<br />

Later, he went down on his knees. He took out a blue Tiffany’s box.<br />

It had a giant three-carat diamond ring in it.<br />

'It’s still your choice,’ he said. He put the ring back in the box and<br />

handed it to me. Finally, he said, 'Miss Riya Somani, the most<br />

beautiful person I know, inside and outside, since my childhood, will<br />

you marry me?’<br />

So, dear journal, what’s a girl to do?<br />

That night, I took out the ring from the blue box and put it on. I<br />

showed it to Mom. She's still on the phone with Rohan’s mother,<br />

hysterical with happiness.<br />

I feel rushed, yes, but this time in a good way.<br />

Legible entry #4 (Set of several entries from London)<br />

4 April 2007<br />

I came to London in the middle of the academic year for music<br />

schools. Also, they are so hard to get into. I have to prepare, apply,<br />

give tests'. It is going to take at least eight months.<br />

Rohan’s mother wants me to meet her friends for dimer tonight.

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