Ava
"Ava, you're twenty-one years old. Legally speaking, you've reached the legal age for marriage, so it's not too early for you to attend a blind date now."
"But..." I wanted to retort, but my mother held my hands and said in a sincere tone, "I beg you! Go to meet him! If you don’t like him, I won't force you to date him. I will never force you to do anything. But I’ve been single for most of my life, and my biggest wish now is to take good care of you and marry you to a good man who is worthy of lifelong commitment. So, I don't want you to miss any good man, and I can’t let you follow in my steps. After all, I failed to give you a complete family..."
Whenever my mom thought of her experience over the past 20 years, her eyes turned red. She was sad about not only what had happened to
