New Life, New Wife
Then I reached into my suit pocket and pulled out the diamond ring I had already prepared, opened the box, and kneeled in front of her.
"Michelle, I want you to be my wife. Will you marry me?"
"No way! Percy is supposed to marry me!"
Kara stumbled forward, looking at me with desperate hope. "Percy, y-you're joking, right? You clearly have feelings for me. Why would you choose Michelle?
"She's weak and always sick; she might die anytime! Why would you pick her?"
Naomi and her other sisters stood there in shock as well.
My grandmother, standing not far away, frowned at Kara's nearly hysterical shouting and said sharply to Chad, "Throw them out."