The moment the words left her mouth, Kim shoved the woman, who was still lost in thought, into the room.
She then immediately slammed the wooden door shut.
Ignoring the sound of the woman POUNDING on the door behind her, Kim's expression turned gleeful. "Well, the bride has been taken care of. Now for the most important step!"
The surrounding villagers murmured excitedly amongst themselves about the next step in the ceremony. Not one of them was concerned for the woman.
The woman's husband might have felt a flicker of concern, but swept up in the atmosphere, he pushed the thought to the back of his mind.
'She's just an orphan, anyway. With no family to back her up, no one would even notice if she disappeared.'
'I've paid the "tuition," and once I go out and make my fortune, I'll be just like Uncle Dex and Auntie Dex—earn big money elsewhere and come back to bring glory to my family!'
Outside, the crowd was in high spirits, proceeding with the next step in an orderly fashion.
