ALICE As soon as he disconnects our call, I am back in my thinking mode again. I can’t believe that I said yes to his offer. I can't deny that the reward attached to our 'getting to know each other date’ is so alluring. He has promised me that if I spend this evening with him, then he will not bring up the topic of our arranged marriage ever again. He will not blackmail me with that s**t again and he will let me go, in a real sense. “Alice! Aren’t you going home?” I am called back to reality when one of my classmates asks me. I didn’t even realize who that is because they had already left the class. (There is no point chickening out now, Alice.) Since I have willingly accepted his offer, I can’t back out no matter what happens. I just pray that I am brought back home in one p

