ARRANGED MARRIAGE
He looks me up and down as my father talks to him.
“This is the woman I’m arranged with? ” Xavier says.
I can see the fear in my father as he speaks to Xavier.
That’s amusing.
“Yes, Sir,” Father says.
He rambles on as Xavier analyzes me from head to toe.
“What’s her name? ” he asks, cutting my dad off.
“Oh yes, my daughter, Dio, Dionne—“
“Coleman,” he finishes.
As he looks me up and down, his eyes meet mine, and suddenly, he grabs me.