My family was ready to pay large sums as blood money. In fact, Evin Abla's family was also ready to accept, but they no longer had a say. Once a woman was married, she was considered to belong to her husband. However, my family agreed to pay both them and Botan. But Botan wanted an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Blood money was never something he would sit down and negotiate. He made it clear by saying, "Even if they gave me the world, I would want blood for my blood." The elders of the family would gather in a council. The leaders of the tribe would be at this meeting, and a decision would be made. The decision would not involve blood for blood. These decisions were not as easy to make as one might think. The main problem was that Botan had no intention of complying with the decisio
