a Nich

I don't want to marry a city man," I p

a very tall man with a dark complexion, unlike

your mother and me grandchildren. We also do not want you to leave us, but we cannot trust all these people here to look after you. So, your mother and I made t

down my face, and my mother s

, and Mr. Joshua Briggs is my childhood friend. You will be treated well when y

n't like city life. I couldn't envision myself living there with the social and compe

the fireworks. It will be a new year soon,

this. How can you and my father decide my life like this?" I asked my mother

but you should know that your father wan

go to the city tomorrow, Mom. You should help me talk to my father again to ca

us go outside," my mother urged me,

ere tall, but not as tall as my father. We

ee the fireworks, my mind racing with though

d woman now. But this is not t

ing dress, with a veil covering my head, and be escorte

ay I am going to a man's house to become his wife? A

is tha

e. They all looked joyful, while I felt otherwise, no matter how much I used the white handkerchief my

but to follow the path they wanted me to take. They were my guardians, after all, and if I did no

er myself up, reminding myself that I was only get

new day: a new year, a new beginni

us-while my aunts and uncles left for their

old and the only sister my mother had. She looked like my mother, with th

Donalds, and she had two

ooking so cheerful," she asked just as I walked in

hat I was married. Who would believe me? They didn't witness my wedding, and I thought my

dded and responded, "Yes, Aunt. I'm good. I need to g

t's troubling you, you should put it into p

kitchen. She smiled at us and told her sister, "Amara will be

ned to look at my mom, who looked so beautiful even though it

know about it? When? How?" my aunt questioned, but my mother sighed and hand

. Not to worry; she's our daughter, and she will be fi

e morning, and the car driver will be on time to take you to your husband's hous

obedient girl, so I allowed my mother to wrap her arm aroun