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Only time will tell if she will be able to pick up the pieces after a man whom she fell in love with and trusted so deeplyoff the plane, Nia retrieved her luggage Waiting at the arrival gate were her parents She hugged them, and the three drove off to her parents' hoth to carry on a conversation with them; she was quiet and too embarrassed to discuss what had taken place overseas There would be plenty of time for that conversation Now, Nia had more time than she had ht went; she answered, "It was okay" Her father, as never at a loss for words, was silent throughout the ride

It seeh it took forever for the family to arrive home The trip from the airport usually took about fifteenthere Her hter's bedrooht, Nia decided to take a shower, then went straight to bed and relentlessly thought about Toto's dishonesty

The replay of those events kept rotating in her head until she finally fell asleep

It was , and Nia heard a knock at her bedroo if she wanted to come down for breakfast, but she knehat her parents really wanted to do; they wanted to discuss what occurred in Gabon Since she never really went into any details about Toto, she was perplexed as to what she was going to say to thehter had n country, and she was going to marry him

Nia was very close to her parents orked hard to obtain the American dream Her mother was a dressmaker and worked from home, and her father was a bookkeeper at a department store On the side, he prepared incoal person and was not one to waste s Every penny he earned went into a bank account

When he accuh money, he purchased a hoe Nia majored in finance and her brother in biochemistry

The son was a scientist at a pharmaceutical company and resided in Colorado with his wife and four children

Nia's father was very proud of his adult children, because he saw a little bit of hiht therow on trees and if ed wisely, one could be self-sufficient and live a comfortable existence