A Different Life
Language: en
When I was two, I was abducted. My parents searched for me for eight years. When they came to pick me up, I was working in the fields, wearing tattered clothes, my body covered in bruises. I knew they were ashamed of me, that I wasn't "presentable," so I desperately worked to earn money. This year, at twenty, I found a decent boyfriend, and we were talking about marriage. Then I discovered they had secretly arranged an engagement party for my sister and my boyfriend. I stood at the doorway, carrying a tray of dishes, and heard my father tell my boyfriend: "Lily has a low education and…