Amani “Are you serious?” I asked as I stared at Josiah. “Deadly serious,” he said firmly, and I felt like a huge weight had just been lifted. Of course, this wasn’t at all how I had expected this to go, but what could I do about it now? “If we are going to do this, then we are going to have to act fast,” “Right…right…” I said with a nod. I had no idea how we were going to pull this off, but this was happening. “How…I mean, how are we going to explain it?” I then asked. “We can't pretend like it’s mine…ours…” “No, we can’t, and I haven’t figured that part out yet, but Amani…you didn’t answer my question,” Josiah leaned in and grabbed my hands as he stared at me. “Will you? Will you marry me?” “Yes, yes, of course, I will,” I hurriedly said as tears filled my eyes. “I do love you, Josi

