THORNS AND ROSES

er to take the document, and she quickly bli

ing her brow as she quickly g

s immediately afte

ses her head abruptly, her eyes darts from he

arriage?", sh

gnment or something?, speak up why are you all silent?" She trie

r, putting a hand on her sho

ok at you my dear, I'm proud to have you, but also the fear lingers, I'm scared of losing you, and this seems to be the

n asks, the room is grave silent

I had to live in submersion of my potentials, when my peers will travel out for a show I'm stuck here, isn't that enough?, why do I have to pay for a debt that

?, who says I wanted a contract marriage in the first place?,

cruise" she smiles as she changes the word, spreading her hands in the air, " he proposes and we get mar

but never thought she was going

he had to be cautious so as not to be kidnapped in a bid to fo

ng her hand as she squats and begs, she tilts her

do you expect me to marry someone I don't love, a person that I have never

ith his head hanging low, he wiped off the bead of sweat

e and it seems that th

ave, and eventually pass it to your children?, do you like the way you have been living?, that is devastating my dear, I wouldn't wish that fo

ords stops him

believe this", her voic

k, but I can't even leave the house in peace, I can't work late!, I can't travel!, I can't do anything!, I can't even hang out with m

"I agree, I'll do it". She shuts her eyes as the

was deter

careful and alert in all her endeavors and now once ag

get married, if this is my fate, so be it, I agree", h

he solution then I'll do it" Joan murmurs as she seizes the paper heading

e starts regretting a

ith guilt as questions

nto the living room, panic surging all o

wrinkles, "What do you mean by t

n't answering, there isn't even a sound coming from her room, she claims she accepts the marriage but I

ers, he thinks she is just

be signed by both parties tomorrow, she'll be a wife, not just yo

ide here", Mrs. Dave storms out returning swiftly

rtly, her voice echoing in

indeed

*

in the living room as it clocks midn

her daughter was out in th

s had changed their mind

ds, please Lord, help us", Mrs Dave c

a knock on the front door woke M

s in, she stretches, yawns and covers the light

n the liv

while waiting for Joan, i

stead, she receives a good number

n dressed in a more elegant suit than the others says wit

eyes search the neighborhood,

k pleasantries not accepted I see", he re

surely you kno

mouth opens no words come out, her eye

s again gett

e needed documents for today, you wouldn't want to keep him waiting f

ghtened in a

ve asks as he slowly makes

em in", he opens the door properly

h two men as they

n his face as he ordere

do?", Mrs Damie

ore on ever

n in persuading his Wife, "Darling, please get J

es tightly as her heart fell, Mr. Dave struggl