20. Beggars can't be choosers

"No way. Mam, I made one mistake. One mistake. From 16, I have been the sole breadwinner for my family. My father's freckle's ability to keep his job made it difficult to put food on the table or a roof over our heads. I gave up my studies and worked on my bones. I put my sister through college. But ever since I turned twenty-five, my parents started nagging me to get married. Just to get rid of them, I agreed to marry Ken. Ken is a close friend of my mother's sister-in-law; also, he claimed he was in love with me, or so he said. Everything became too real when the wedding date approached, and I got scared. I didn't want to marry Ken, but I took a loan, and we invited all my relatives for the reception, which was due in two days and planned in California, where most of my family lives. But God was on my side, or so I thought when I heard Ken was missing and his family followed his tail. I assumed he got cold feet. You couldn't imagine my happiness until your grandson walked in and r