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At thatto hi wheel out of control

After getting over that initial shock, Nia realized that a smooth operator had taken her for a ride The ht her life was boring before she , because she was now broke, and to make a bad situation worse, he still wanted to marry her

He believed that with her help, he could restart his business and et back on our feet"

As Nia started to evaluate her circumstances, she knew there was no future with Toto She did not want to stay with hier What would be the point? Both of them were insolvent She had no money to take care of herself,a one-way ticket back to the United States cost o back to, because she sold her condominium All the same, she was fortunate in one way: She had family and friends ould be there for her and decided it was time to leave his place

She checked into an inexpensive motel, called her parents, explained her state of affairs and asked to have money for a plane ticket wired to her

Two days later, she left Gabon

On the flight back to New York, Nia pondered how a man she hardly knew and never even met could have tricked her so easily In retrospect, she started to ask herself why she did not recognize the hidden codes, which forewarned her that Toto was not forthcohts were racing through her head: When Toto described himself as a man of means, what exactly did he es when he called me? Why did he not make an effort to come to the United States to meet me? When Toto asked me to marry him and invited me to come to Gabon, why did he not send me money for a plane ticket?

She kneas pointless to ask these questions now It was like putting the carriage in front of the horse

Nia came to terms with the poor choices she made in the name of love and learned a very valuable lesson

As the plane landed at JFK International Airport, she started to recognize that her life was not as boring as she iined The road she traveled to search for love and to addlife was a prelude to an elaborate deception carried out by Toto with Nia being the injured party