Synopsis

A proposal hung in the air, fragile as spun glass. Madge stared at it, a bewildered expression on her face. Five minutes. That's all she'd known him. A man she’d just met, asking for her hand. Across the room, a different kind of tension simmered. The Oracle and his mother had organized an arm-wrestling contest, a seemingly innocent diversion that quickly devolved into something far more primal. Grunts and strained faces replaced polite conversation as long-held grievances surfaced with each