My Dad called me that afternoon to inform me that Melinda was home.

'Wow, really…that's good!

That was my reply thinking that will be the only news but my Dad had something more to say.

'Yes Rebecca, is really a great news because your younger sister Melinda is engaged. Yes…she came home wearing an engagement ring, it was one of the biggest news I have waited so long for. I and your mother saw the ring and it is quite expensive and fit in perfectly well on her finger. ...