Get Me Married

Chapter 5: selling out

“Oh but you can, you must infact. That’s the price you have to pay for your other daughter’s hospital bills” she grinned at us. He went quiet while I sobbed, my heart was heavy and there was so much burden in it, it sealed my lips. “There has to be something else we can do, we can’t sell her off like that” Connor said. “The marriage preparation has already started dear Connor. I want your daughter for my son and it has to be soon” she replied firmly and Connor went quiet again. “Why are you acting like it’s a bad thing. This is an opportunity any parent would grab with open arms” she said and my eyes shot up at her. “She is a graduate and a beautiful one at that. She doesn’t have to go looking for a job like the others, she doesn’t have to struggle anymore because a bed of roses has already been set up for her” she added and turned to me. “Getting her through college must have been hard, if not impossible. Your daughter must have gone through so much, do you still want her to be striving and fighting for a better life when one has been presented to her already” she said, a mother to a mother. And yes I didn’t want her fighting for everything she had to have, I wanted her to be happy and fulfilled. Any mother in my situation would want what was better for her child. “We are rich, filthy rich Mrs Connor. She will be getting married to the richest family in the state, she will have everything, money, fame, happiness and a handsome husband by her side, every girl’s dream. And you my dear would no longer be poor, Genesis your daughter is a gem and with her around, with her as my daughter in-law you will rewarded beyond your imagination” she added. I stopped crying and stole a glance at Connor who seemed to understand where my feelings were going to. “Abigail no…” he whispered to me. “Oh Connor. This is a place any girl would want to be, every body would jump at this opportunity” she said to my husband. “I am not selling her out” he said angrily. “Don’t see it that way. Genesis deserves better, Ava deserves a better life and you know it. With Genesis as my son’s wife, your lives will change for the better, Ava will have a better life and future, you both would no longer be poor and Genesis will be the envy of every other girl” she said and my husband’s shoulder slumped in defeat. He knew that part of what she said was true, no one in the city would pass up such an opportunity, he knew it was a life changing opportunity for us, for Ava and for Genesis as well. “Tick tock, I don’t have much time on my hands. This marriage needs to take place in less than two weeks, so think fast. It ain’t like you have got an option, this is the only way you can pay me back” she said wickedly and I sighed in defeat. “Genesis will never agree to this you know” Connor said in defeat and a smile spread around her face in victory. “She wouldn’t I guess” I mumbled. My daughter was hot headed, she was a girl that preferred to make her own part, she was strong and even with a background like hers, she fought to