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

is a very tall man with dark skin, unlike m

o give 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 a

m my eyes, and my mother stood

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

n't like city life. I couldn't envision myself living there, immersed in the social a

the fireworks. It will soon be a new year,

l this. How can you and my father decide on my life like this?" I asked, a

but you should know that your father wan

o to the city tomorrow, Mom. You should help me speak to my father again to ca

us go outside," my mother urged me,

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

he fireworks. My mind raced with numerous though

ied woman now, but this is n

wedding dress, with a veil covering my head, accomp

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

is tha

e. They all looked joyful, but I felt the opposite. No matter how much I used the white handkerchief m

t to follow the path they wanted me to take. After all, they were my guardians, and if I did not o

heer myself up, convincing myself that I was on

ew day: a new year, a new beginning

nd I, while my aunts and uncles left for their

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

s, and she had two younger daug

t look cheerful," she asked as I walked into

at I was married-who would believe me? They didn't witness me getting married, and I thoug

nodded, responding, "Yes, Aunt. I'm good. I have to g

's troubling you, you should put it into pra

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

turned to my mom, who looked so beautiful even though it wa

know about it? When? How?" My aunt questioned, and my mother sighed as she h

ara's good. Not to worry; she's our daughter, an

of your things. It will soon be morning, and the car driver will be on time to take you to

obedient daughter, so I allowed my mother to wrap her arm aro