My Own Family's Cruelty

cceptance letter, I asked my be

dn't, but then she im

acceptance letter a

d man in the village for a large dowry, j

but during my escape, my mo

child for the old bachelor, I he

I was back on the road to p

ed and asked, "Rosi

ance letter, her face full of

ing in her eyes and

e both took the college

niversity in another province, while Jan

areas, and at that time, my family was p

ry me to an old bachelor for 200, 000 dollars to

alone, apply for a studen

o escape t

y college acceptance, sharing my dreams fo

orted me and woul

to leave the village, Ja

ill stay in the village to fulfill her duties to you

g a shabby, large travel bag

grabbed my hair with bloods

e, I would earn a lot of money and

ing high school? You still want t

air harder, the pain of my sca

was smiling, shaking the acceptance letter that m

the way back home an

without anything to eat, my consc

d that I wanted

ne night,

f me, just a little further, and I would have made

en, beaten by my

"You brat, still thinking of running a

and I was sent to the home of

no wedding, I was just

, I hemorrhaged while givin

y clearly told me I was about to die, and

ent to college in my place, and married a weal

loving and bl

know that I died i

make them pay the price

nvy in my eyes. "It's been several days, and my acceptance lett

t the mark

er than her, so my not getting into

y, lowered her head

al college like me, instead of applying to some prestigious university in another provin

he smugness in her tone, I would thin

y flaunting her acceptance letter in front of me

my acceptance letter arri

n to her, elated, holdin

the letter from me, fl

but I overlooked the white-knuckled grip of h

Janice I got into college that she ha

eone she deemed inferior got

e been her who got into th

he fo

I was always t

alone to pick up my

t in my hands, I fi

d no one and wen

letter in the dusty

hat are y

the stool, I heard a c

rother, Col

anxiety, unsure of h

oison from the corner store. Lately, the rats

lright, alright, enough with the nonsense. M

I'll change my

or and moved the acceptance letter

e overcautious tha

come would com

eligible bachelors in the village could take

w clothes, and the eligible bachelor took a liking to me at f

ted because my mom bought

ch was the engagement gift

rying to calm my racing

hewed up by rats. I'm going to Janice

ked past my mom, who was work

e glanced up at me, the

ts lately. I'll put some rat

smile. "You don't have to do that, mom. I just put s

r sore hips an

, alrigh

s house, she was sitting

ff than mine. Janice had an old

years old. I heard that her family got tens of

over girls was deeply in

nd a woman was blamed if she couldn't b

Janice's slightly puzzled voi

lege. My mother introduced me to a guy and sa

d a shy

wed up by rats, so I thought

es light up when I mentio

r and contin

m for another year! He's a bit older, bu

200, 000? And letting you retake the exam for a yea

plied, "I'm going to meet him soon.

singly bright eyes, focusing instead

do later. I'll go with you to che

y, fearing she wou

believed girls didn't n

but Janice was smart. She found a married man from another village who

she dumped him and start

an Janice's, and her clo

e outfit that didn't suit me at all, ma

sleeve top, hinting at her cleavage, paired with a cream-col

s she dressed, th

the eligible bach

o Janice, who w

s obv

she saw what I was wearing, but wit

d to a college. You really look like a college stud

"Oh, Kori, Rosie was always a better stude

Her brother is about to get married, and

d it many times

d, my mind raced, pla

in our village got into a top university. Kori

a smile. "Rosie, who do

s dad have seen me when I pic

speaking. "Who knows? There ar

her finger i

ad sa

y blood

n

eally