After the confrontation with Lemuel, Inara remained quiet and distant with a forced smile here and there as her family became cordial again. They were gradually accepting the state of affairs concerning her.
Her father and Lemuel had exchanged phone numbers and he had told her that Lemuel said the wedding could take place in seven days and that he would formally have her engaged in two days. The information frightened Inara.
Amara was excited but Inara didn’t share in her excitement for obvious reasons.
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On the day before her engagement, her mother drove her and her sister to a boutique to buy an engagement dress. Inara chose a black long dress which her mum and sister frowned at, with her mum saying that it wasn’t a funeral.
“Pick what you want then.” Inara said and her family hap
