"Father, you can possibly be serious?" I say as I try to stay civil in a moment of crisis.
"Charlotte its for your own good my darling. America is a place of great opportunity." My father replies in a raspy voice, "You will find a wonderful job, and get lots of income. You will meet a rich man, get married, make me some grandkids and then come back to France."
He let out a cough. I hated seeing him like this. In his bed with a very extreme fever. The doctors don't know exactly what's wrong with him. But truth be told, I bet they are not even official doctors. That's the cost you must pay with living in the most rural part of France.
My father wanted me to go to America and find money, for he had none. He lost it all by gambling. Poor father, he always had a weak spot for the game.
He believed that people of our class must be respectable and keep our titles. Even if we are in the 21st century, sometimes I think he thinks it's the 1800's. But since he has no money left, and my elder brother recently died in war, the task has fell upon me. I must find the money to keep my father happy. Even if means marrying a total snob.
"I... I will do as you wish father." I say weakly with a small smile, "I will travel to New York, and I will find me a prince to marry... Or if I can, make it on my own terms. Maybe I could start a shop."
"You do that dearie." He sniffed, drifting in and out of sleep, "you do that."
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Okay! So that was my first chapter! Yay. And because this is my first it is kinda short, but no worries my others will be longer :) soooo stay tuned for more!
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Forbidden Love
Teen FictionEver since the day she was born, Charlotte, was thought to marry a rich handsome man, to "balance the economy" as her father would say. But sometimes she would dream of falling in love, to any man she wished. On a trip to America, she meets a boy w...
