“Because if you’re not true to me, I won’t be true to you. And it doesn’t matter if you kill him after. I spent my entire life being overlooked and disrespected by my family. I won’t repeat the same mistake with you.” “No.” A muscle jumped in his jaw. “There’s been no one else.” Relief flooded me. “When did you lose your virginity?” “Twelve,” he answered matter-of-factly. “What?” I asked, smiling awkwardly. Surely, I misread his lips. “Twelve,” he signed with his hands. “Although, it was hardly sex in its traditional form. I was forced to sodomize someone at gunpoint.” I sat up straight with
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