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Three weeks after Cady’s wedding, Jeff and I’s wedding license was ready. During those three weeks, my aunt had been watching me like a hawk, making sure I never communicated with the outside world. She made sure to threaten me whenever she got the chance. I had watched a number of murder documentaries, for instance Deadly Women and knew that there were people out there capable of killing with no good reason. My aunt had issued a threat that chilled me to the bone and as cold as she seemed, I believed her. Sometimes I had my doubts, though. There were not so many visitors at this cold house which made it hard to raise a cry for help. She was on a leave from work so she was always around.

After several considerations, I had resigned to my fate so I never bothered to go against her commands. This was my best shot at getting a green card. What if I ran off with Noah and it turned out that he had only been trying to play around with me? His family had quite the reputati