ELENA’S POV“Please father, please, I am begging you don’t do this to me”, I begged my father as he threw my clothes in a small bag.“I promise that I will be good”, I begged, as if I was being thrown out for my bad behavior when I was really a good child. I always followed my parents' rules and accepted everything that they decided for me, but this was one thing that I simply refused to accept.“Elena, you have to do this. You have to do this for your family. Don’t be selfish, think of your little sister. Would you rather she did this for you?” he asked, pointing at my twelve-year-old little sister, and I shook my head. I would never want her to suffer the same fate as mine. However, that didn't mean that I thought what was happening to me was fair. That didn't mean that I thought I deserved to be sold off to a man older than me.“ Then accept this, everyone in this family has a responsibility and this is yours” he declared, and he packed the few items that were remaining in my close
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