However, deep in her heart, she knew the likelihood of a 44-year-old woman finding someone becomes harder as one gets older and believed that most men in this age group were looking for younger women who could bear them offsprings; at this stage of her life, she was not interested in having children.
Since her parents were deceased, and she had no siblings, Kamani had no family obligations. Because most of her relatives were scattered throughout the country, she had very little contact with them.
She was a very attractive and petite woman, had a very youthful looking face and kept herself in good physical condition by walking and jogging.
When it came to her sense of style, she was very conservative and was not into name-brand designer clothes or flashy trinkets. She was definitely penny-pinching chic.
Her home was modestly furnished and decorated. Most of the paintings on her walls were copies or prints. She enjoyed searching for bargains and taking advantage of sales and specials on office equipment and add-ons for the house.
On the weekends, she loved shopping at the thrift shops and attending yard sales. To say she was a prudent person was no exaggeration. If she could buy anything below wholesale, she did.
Finally, Kamani received an e-mail with an attached photo from an interested suitor. His name was Landel. He came across her profile, was in awe of her beauty and described himself as a 50-year-old never-married man who was an executive at a bank in the Republic of Cape Verde.
His job was to set up and oversee business accounts for foreign corporations doing business in his country. One of his hopes and dreams was to meet a woman like her. He went on to write that he was a one-woman man who was also looking to marry, and her age was irrelevant. He enjoyed reading, traveling, listening to classical music, and playing chess and the piano, was a loving and caring person and was seeking the same qualities in a woman.
He was planning to visit California on business and wanted to meet her.
After reading that e-mail and looking at his picture, Kamani fell completely for this man. He was drop-dead gorgeous.
She could not believe that such a refined and sexy looking middle-aged man was out there, and thought, Sometimes you have to go the distance to find someone so beautiful.
For her, it was love at first sight, and yet, she was about to be weaved into a web of make-believe, which would leave her devastated for years to come.
For the next two months, Landel and Kamani were e-mailing each other and chatting on-line. He would send sexy photos of himself, seductive notes, and love verses from which she got great pleasure; in return, she would do the same.