ARRANGED MARRIAGE
I pick at my food as everyone else eats, and my dad’s voice booms as he starts to speak to me.
“It’d be wise if you ate. You’re already a thin, fragile-looking thing,” he says, bursting into laughter.
Nobody else bothers to laugh.
“Speaking of you, I have an announcement,” he says.
I raise my head, getting excited.
Usually when there’s an announcement, it’s usually about Dad and something he accomplished, but now, it’s for me. I wonder what it could be.
“Yes, Father? ” I say, trying to hide my excitement.
“I’ve spoken to another very powerful family in this mafia world, and we’ve agreed on an arranged marriage,” he says, a maniacal smile on his face.