ie'

ard someone call my name. "Karie," the

he asked, her eyes lo

o I quickly made up a lie. "I was sick

" she asked, still

quickly, wanting to

of plates clinking and voices talking around me made me feel a

my friend Jenny standing nearb

te?" she asked, soun

id, shrugging as if

th you," Jenny said, glancing toward

s us. Both of us quickly rushed to attend to the

er'

why they had called me in. My dad had been asking me to get married for a wh

I said, trying

ad replied, smiling at

I said quickly,

em, waiting for the conve

e been telling you to get married for a while, but you've ignored us. You bring different g

er like he was making me seem. I ju

before your next birthday, which is next

n't even have a girlfriend, let alone someone I loved

ous, and when he said something, he

. Without speaking, I left the room and went back to my own

t even know who I was supposed to marry? I had