Forced + Arranged = Love Marriage

Chapter 6

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OK guys so I felt really bad after leaving it on a cliff hanger. Waiting for the next chapter without cliff-hangers is bad enough so I thought I’d do a short chapter :) soooo here it is……

p.s. the song is not  religious or anything just kinda thought it would be a good change from the typical romantic ones.. if you get the drift… so yeah didn’t mean to offend anyone there …

soooo here it is…… enjoyyyy :)

p.s.s. I know it is VERY short 

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Chapter 6

Maria

“Do you even want me to marry you?” I ask him solemnly

“Come on Maria enough of the games. Can you please just tell me what your terms are? So I can make my final decision too” He says impatiently

“Ok fine” I sigh, I can’t delay this any longer.

I can feel my heart beating faster and faster by the minute. My hands are shaking. Why am I so nervous?  I didn’t even do anything wrong. I have nothing to worry about. Right? Come on Maria you can do this, I tell myself.

I can’t even look at Saud. I look around the room before finally resting my gaze on the red rose petals scattered across the table in front of me. Without giving too much thought about how I’m going to tell him I say the first thing that comes into my mind. 

“It’s about your mum. I don’t know how to say this but” I look up into his eyes and the truth comes easily to me “but she spread rumours about me having a boyfriend!” I say, expecting him to shout at me.

I break eye contact as soon as I’ve said it. I needed to look him in the eye to say that so, he knows I’m not lying. Well at least I hope so.

When I don’t hear any response from Saud I continue, “Your mum is related to one of my mum’s friend. But your mum only met me once at someone’s house, before she started spreading rumours. I didn’t know your mum was the one doing all this, I didn’t even remember meeting her until my mum’s friend told us” I pause listening up for him to say something, anything. But he doesn’t.

“Look Saud, I know you probably think I’m lying, but I’m not, I swear. Mum told me not to tell anyone. But … I can’t help but wonder why? I mean what did I ever do to your Mum?”  I ask getting emotional now. The memories come flooding back, the day I had to go to a dawat (dinner) at a relatives’ house, while my cousins were all giving me dirty looks. I couldn’t believe they would believe such lies about me.

As if the embarrassment wasn’t enough they even asked Mum directly in front of everyone. If they wanted to create drama that is exactly what they got. I couldn’t even look at my Dad I was so embarrassed. It felt like I had been stabbed in the back by my own family. Ever since then, Mum and Dad were dead set on getting me married as soon as possible, in case we missed out on a good rishta. I heard them talking to Jamal and telling him to keep his anger in check, because the girl’s family have so much more to lose.  

Whenever anyone asked, Mum always said ‘I don’t have justify, anything to anyone, my God knows and I know my daughter has never done, or will do such a thing.’ Even though Mum knew who it was all along Mum never dropped anyone’s name in, refusing to give people more to gossip about. Although I knew Mum was right I couldn’t help but think why should we have to go through this? It saddened me to think of the sacrifices my family had to make over me, as a result of a stupid rumour that wasn’t even true.