Nich

ss. She smelled fresh like a rose, and she entered my room with Agnes, w

rom her hand. I walked up to my chair in my room,

r is already here, and why haven't you done your makeup? You know you'll see you

idn't intend to please the man I might be married to, an

nd. I'm perfectly okay like this, the way I am. If I pretend with him, what if I

chless at first. She finally

ood. If not, I'll be back here, as I

She said, "You nag a lot. Just hush, and ev

my mother downstairs while Agnes took

ng room, where we met my father standing in the

ged man greet my fathe

turn on time," my father said to the driver, who was dress

driver replied, and my

ara

n my eyes again. Even when I went to school to study accounti

home to live with my parents as I used to. The farms we visited, the harvested

comes a time in a person's life when they must shoulder the re

f. You can always return to us if you still don't like the city, but I won't expect you t

ve my father was talking about me bringing

inue my family lineage and have someone to look up to in the futur

urged, and I walked up to him. He petted me closely and reassured me th

nz. I waved goodbye to my parents, uncles, and aunts, who

ied off, she felt like I was sold off. My parents also had sad l

nly going to the city to multiply and

lew my nose, knowing my face had become a mess. I watched the

ts' home. Taking a final look back, I saw my mother crying and my father hu

he drive would take hours since the city was far from t

ine, at least to distract myself and s

we used in my country, Facebook,

likes and reactions and facing fake parody acco

nd many people with the same name, but finding the real Darling

mine alongside my parents. It was easy to connect with old family friends, especially thos

ggs's profile, I gasped at the famil