Anna is an ordinary girl living her life as she had planned out for years. All of a sudden, she is presented with the choice to marry the Crown Prince of the country.
She could say yes and enjoy the benefits of a twenty-first century princess or sh...
Life is never fair, people say. My life has been by this and seemed like it's always going to be. Wishes and hopes are always out of my grip. I want to be the next Ben Carson but new obstacles keep coming my way.
If I could run away from home, I will. Maybe I should, I have some savings to get me far away if I take a train at the nearest train station.
I tiptoe towards the kitchen to avoid waking my parents up. On my way, I hear arguments between my dad and mom. They were trying to keep it in hushed tones but once in a while, someone yelled.
"We can't give her to them." I hear dad say.
"Thomas, everything debt we owe would be paid."
"We are not selling our daughter."
"No. We are not, but she's our way out of not giving her to Guy. Which do you prefer? Her marriage to the prince and a win win for us or Guy, the mafia Lord, a lose lose?"
Who is Guy? I don't want to marry anyone. Is it a crime to want to be left alone? I am not Scarlett Johansson. Why does everyone want to marry me?
I am so running away. I could go to the main city, Isa Lisa.
"You talk that way because you are not her true mother!"
My thoughts of running away screech to a stop. What?!
"Thomas, I love her just as my sister did. I love all of you. I know how it sounds but I can't let her be taken away by Guy. I want the best for her!" She sobbed.
"I love her so much it hurts to see her taken away from us. I made a promise to my sister to give her the best of everything in the world. I always do that and I always will so you don't have a right to say that I do not love her."
"I am sorry. Clara, please forgive me."
Gobsmacked, I froze. Mom is not mom? My mother is my aunt? They never told me that. What other revelations is there?
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