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The theatre lights are blinding as I feel the sharp pain in my rib and the vile taste in my throat. I see each and everyone of them running around but this time they look more like trees. I can tell they are trying to save me but little did they know I’m okay. I just couldn’t find the strength to tell them. I should have left a note but I didn’t think it will be today. I draw my gaze from the lights and close my eyes, the picture of my one and only true love Seun comes to sight. If he were here with me I knew he would comfort me and cheer me on. I remember the very first day we met, a rainy day with no taxi in sight.   He had offered to drop me off, I politely declined but he was so insistent and I in turn had to swallow my pride. Our journey from then on became a rollercoaster of emotions. I will never forget the day he asked me to marry him. He had professed his never-ending love for me at my best friend’s wedding and while everyone cussed at us for stealing my best friends thunder