I couldn’t really have left it behind.” “Well maybe you should have stayed at my place last night.” Sarah spoke slowly and deliberately as the...y both imagined what that might mean. At the cafe, the friends sat next to each other on the same side of a large table and talked. Amy kept looking down at Sarah’s lap and her well fitting ripped jeans. “What?” Sarah asked. “Just thinking about last night.” Amy replied as she reached down and adjusted her belt. “It’s just as well you’re all locked up you. After a while, Baba stood up and gave a short speech. Mustafa translated me what it was about. Since you do not bring a dowry into the marriage like a real bride, Baba decided to auction you. The highest bidder may then spend an hour with you in the tent. Yes, he added quickly, you need not be afraid Baba and I are there.I had to stand on the table and present myself to the guests. The guests began to call their offers like mad and the auction was in full swing. After a while more and more. "Do you need anything?" Again silence. Time quickly allowed him to get used to the shadowy darkness of the large room. Paul saw the inert form laying near the edge of the queen-sized bed. His mother-in-law. Outside the door, he could hear the party, still loud after eight hours, and which promised to continue for several more. It was obvious to the man that his wife's mother was totally inebriated. Drunk! Not the first time, either.Earlier that evening, she had verbally assaulted everyone at. ’ Jenna tried to stay focused on his face. ‘I need to move from where I am and the sooner the better.’ ‘Would you like to see the room?’ his presents near her beginning to melt the ache she had felt in her chest all day. ‘That might be a good place to start.’ He led the way to a main floor room off the kitchen. In any other house this would have been the maid’s quarters. In this home it was beautifully appointed with a four poster bed of rich mahogany, matching side tables, a chest of drawers.