Did I want to know?
Truth be told, I wasn't sure.
By my reckoning, not knowing was definitely better. It would save me a heap of trouble, just turning away and forgetting the whole business.
But when I saw Tanya's miserable expression, I relented. I thought, maybe if she had someone to tell, she would feel a little better.
So I nodded, saying, "I do, Miss Tanya, you can tell me anything on your mind. I won't go blabbing, don't you worry."
Miss Tanya caught my eye, then proceeded to tell me the tale of everything she had been through.
Tanya had had a hard life. Immediately after graduating college, her parents arranged for her to marry a man who she had only seen in person no more than a few times.
After the marriage, her husband treated her well at first. She
