The Tragic Fate of the Sisters

ficked into marriage o

single day in seven years

ory brought his son, my husban

hey even brought a traditional b

ed veil and got on the car

ing there wort

Carly, we... were

om family's home, Jonathan

d and led me i

nded them to me, saying, "You must be hungry. Have some choc

radition here for a bride to remain unseen before the

e, I stopped him. "Wait, whe

tone turned less friendly

uldn't Carly have

I heard three men arg

the eldest, so I s

lready have a woman, and y

tly, Jonathan. It shoul

est, and maybe we'll buy another woman for

you hear that? Dad

on Monday and Tuesday. Cory goes on Wednesday an

it would be a s

here motionless like a corpse

s cries at night. Perhaps it

o do farm work. And then I saw

o a post, and her hai

oles, and the exposed skin

a madwoman and

the ropes on her wrists. T

"Carly, why are y

lled with hatred as she said, "What are you doing h

. I did

o run away? You came here to

and was no longer th

ly grabbed my arm tightly and asked with

Carly been thinking of l

, but she continued to stare at m

ether and nodded. "Ye

ar that? Only I truly love you. Only I would never betray you. No matter how many othe

aw Jonathan standing behind m