No More Tests in the Name of Love
Brandon Hawthorne said if I wanted to marry him, I had to prove I was tough enough to be a Hawthorne.
He took my bank cards, ditched me in a city I'd never been to, and made me figure out how to get home alone.
When my fever hit 104°F, he still refused to let the family doctor through the door.
Instead, I had to smile through dinner with a house full of Hawthorne relatives while I could barely stay on my feet.
And every time I finally asked Brandon for help, he looked at me like I'd failed him.
"You can't even handle something this simple. How are you supposed to be my wife?"
But when his childhood friend, Patty Rowan, got blisters from her shoes, he picked her up and carried her away