Marriage of Convenience and nothing more

ly's

ng to do it?

to me. But deep down, I understood my internal state. I

just to pay for my grandma's hospital

months ago. It has been a month and three w

foot my grandmother's bills with nobody to help. No uncle, no a

y's question jolted

d saw her eyes bri

elly. I don't want you going down that path. You're n

rds mo

remember, always supporting each other. She has been the one taking ca

ained and never

rything were as it used to be, I wo

or a decade to gather such a large amount for the su

employment. I'm just a college dropou

college after e

ser and envelop

will be okay

to make me bur

ital after learning she had cancer-and even when I received the news of my gran

, even when they bullied me in school for being an orphan. I had never c

ing?" Emily pulled

ding with a coworker.

me the location. I want

ou," I c

mily are the only one

moved towards the picture fr

. You're the only one I have left, and you're not going to leave me

okay," I reassured

to the brothel, getting paired with w

I used it to pay my grandma's hospital bills unti

so I promised myself that once I had all the money

l, short, pot-bellied-ugh, every type of man you could thin

ghts of those disturbing images

randma; it's been day

or towards her ward, I ran

ma," I gr

replied. "I just finished seeing your grandma; she

hrough..." I started

u know how it is right now," she continued, not giving

lt even worse when I lost my husband to AIDS. It was as if t

ther responding; this was

n peace-was a very kind man. He h

t the tiles and for

t's such a shame about their business. You wouldn't have t

ceased parents, I looked up. Then

, I need to head to the restaurant," I said, waving at

day. Such a shame about their business." Those words

ess-and to them? I guessed I wouldn'