“And don’t come at me with the ‘why not you’ speech again,” Florence continued, still not comfortable with the way he dealt with the issue.

She felt trapped now as if she had no choice. She couldn’t deny that it was good to not have to worry about her debts anymore. She was no hypocrite.

But she always thought about marriage as something beautiful, magical even, when two people that really love each other decide to share their lives with one another and seek ...