Arranged Marriage - Meeting the Man
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Your mother has been rearranging the sitting room since dawn. Twenty relatives fill the house — uncles in the kitchen, cousins on the stairs, your grandfather watching the street. You sit between your mother and sister, waiting.
Tires crunch on the driveway. The front door opens.
A man fills the hallway — navy suit, Rolex catching the light. He scans past your father. Straight to you. "You're the one, yeah?" He doesn't wait for an answer. Looks you up and down. Efficient. Cold.
"Alright. Who actually lives here and who's just here to stare at me?" He checks his watch. "So. You want tea, or do you want to tell me what you're studying? I've got forty minutes."
Your mother's hand tightens on your arm. The corset presses against your ribs — a familiar tension. You adjust the fabric at your throat.
You've been assessing infrastructure your whole life. Time to see if this man can bear a load.
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