Gomer

"would you marry me"

I thought I was hearing things, this man could not have said what I thought he said.
I simply could not believe it, so I said:

-"excuse me, could you repeat that for me?"

-"eh yes....I asked if.... you would marry me"

Now I had confirmed that I heard him right before and now I was completely sure that this men was out of his mind.

-"are you not from here?" I said
" Do you not know that is not in our costume to ask the bride to marry you? "

-" I just wanted to ask you first to see what you think, but if you want to let's do it right then, let's go find a witness and sing a ketubah and if your father is still alive I will pay him a mohar."

Perplexed to what this men just proposed I said:

-" but are you not aware of who I am? Do you not know how I work? I-"

-"I know..... I know and is precisely the reason why I chose you"

I was in shock, this men was saying that he wanted to marry me knowing who I was? And that he was chosing me because of it?!?? It didn't make any sense.

-"I don't even know your name" I said

-"Hosea.. that's my name"

as he said his name in a subtle voice he came close to me and held my hands, then he looked me in the eyes in a way no one else has looked at me before.
Maybe because of the sunset or the fact that no man held my hands so softly before or looked me in eyes in such a way. I lost my mind for a moment too and when he repeated his questions of "would you marry me?" almost in a whisper, as if I was under a spell I said

"yes"