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f my things. She didn't want me to carry all my loads, reminding me that the Briggs famil

was exhausted. She stretched, yawned, and told me, "I have to g

to my father again about it?" I asked her, looking at her face with my

out this again. Not to worry, when you get to the city, I will call you from time to time

to the city. It had always been my dream to marry a handsome man-

m, and I haven't seen him before. If he truly wants me, he should have bee

him and didn't discard your home training. I know that the first year of marriage isn't easy, with you adjusting to your new home and your husband's way of life. As you know, he grew up in the city

valent to nymphs. I was there, and the way they gawked at me was as if they wanted to eat me raw.

would have told him about you. He's your husband, and you shouldn't worry much. Now come and go to bed and get some good s

estroom and thought my mother had returned to her room, but she

f my parents' home the following day. I would be going to a man's house whom I hadn't met before. I knew nothing about hi

am, I saw a man-a tall man. I couldn't see his face, but he was attractive an

at his face, I couldn't see it or determine if he was my husband, the n

My mother walked over to pull open my room's curtains, a

nd greeted her, "G

soon be here. Let me go and prepare your breakfast," my mother told me as s

oom and stepped out, only to find that my two large boxes of clothes were already out o

eads turned to stare at her for a second time. I think that was how my mother won my father's heart. W

er wearing oversized dresses to hide all my curves and shapes. In shor

so I made it a priority to buy loose-fitting dresses that were only

ates telling me that if I wore a seductive dress, I would capture

awing attention; it makes me feel vulnerable, as if I would be kidnappe

ange cream, then picked up the yellow dress and p