Married By Contract

trigue. The proposal Gregg Allman had presented lingered like a question mark in the air. T

een him face to face until that day, she has been hearing about him from her Da

ut it first. But Alicia wouldn’t pus herself in to what she’s going to re

h the walls, creating a backdrop for the whirlwind of emotions she was experiencing. The thought of a marriage c

m walking all the way home. She didn’t even have a penny to spend on a Public Bus talk mo

swers in its glossy surface. HAVEN was broadly written on it. It was indeed an Haven, no doubt

ed herself to revisit the past. She recalled the laughter, the shared secrets, an

er face and inhaled deeply. Crying won’t help her, it’s better she stop it but she couldn’t j

with the idea of a marriage contract, a union on paper that held the promise of financial stability. It was a good offer, one that

Could she enter into such a peculiar arrangement, and what mysteries would it unlock? The question of whether Gregg's pr

o something like this for their Business to rise. But is he doing t

he possibilities. She imagined the high-society events, the glamorous façade o

nvas of reflection on her face. She gazed at her reflection in the window, questioning the path laid out before her. The c

encounter with Gregg a mere coincidence, or was it a carefully orchestrated twist

ook and pen, the blank pages inviting her to pen down the swirling thoughts and emotions. Each stroke of t

by her late Dad. She decided to make it her Diary, starti

quiet determination took root. The decision to embrace or reject Gregg's proposal hung in th

o contact her friend but then changed her mind. “ What if Sam tries to talk me out of this? Or what if he thinks I’ll be after G

accept this offer, I need the money. And come to think of it, he is going to turn me in to

h she didn’t have anything to eat at home that day, she wouldn’t keep hersel

le. “ Time to sleep. Who knows what I am going to eat tomorrow after telling Gregg