“No, you can’t claim that!” Rose pointed at me. “You did it because you wanted to. I was there when your father said you didn’t need to sacrifice yourself for us, that we’d find a way. But you thought it was Jorel Clifford… so you offered yourself for the marriage.”

“And if I hadn’t done that, what would’ve happened to us all? Gabe Clifford wasn’t joking, Rose. In fact, he never joked. He was really ready to evict our family if the marriage wasn’t accepted, and you ...