'I would never have asked for a car,' I think to myself dimly.
"You would never have asked for a car," Morris echoes my thoughts. "Not after what you had been subjected to. You would rather have walked home than do that. I didn't know they had actually made you walk home. My father realized you were my second weakness, one he could manipulate me with. I became a prisoner in the house till I agreed to the engagement with Eve, Aisha. I never had a choice in the matter. It was either I agreed to that marriage, or I risked my father going after you and your brother. Once I was able to leave, I was watched for months till my wedding took place. My phones were tapped, and all my trusted people were replaced with my father's people or Eve's. It wasn't that I couldn't seek you out, but there was
