The poor milkmaid accepted out of desperation. But on their wedding night, something dreadful occurred, leaving her horrified.
The girl was just twenty. Her hands carried the scent of milk and hay, and her boots were still damp from the mud. She shared a crumbling wooden house with her sick mother. Her father sat in prison over debts he had failed to repay.
The village buzzed with rumors, yet the truth was simple: there was no provider, no money, and at times they had absolutely nothing to eat.
Her mother grew frailer with each month. Medicine cost more than they could manage. The girl woke before sunrise and labored on the farm until nightfall, but her earnings barely covered a loaf of bread. Sometimes she would sit by the window, staring down the road, not knowing what step to take next.
Then the wealthy man entered their lives. Around forty years old, dressed in a costly suit, arriving in a luxury car, he carried the steady, weighty gaze of someone used to getting his way.
He came to their home and stated calmly, almost without emotion:
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