The Virtue of Sin by Shannon Schuren

Author:Shannon Schuren
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2019-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

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MIRIAM

BETTER A SMALL SERVING OF VEGETABLES WITH LOVE THAN A FATTENED OX WITH HATRED.

—Proverbs 15:17

This morning, after the Call to Prayer, Daniel announces that instead of their Vocational Duties, the men will begin a new kind of training. Which means that I must endure Lydia’s harsh criticism and Mishael’s leering gaze on my own. Daniel also declares that our Private Period is at an end, and reminds us it is our duty to socialize with other newly married couples. It takes less than an hour for Rachel to hurry down the hill from the Farm to the Mill to extend Aaron and me an invitation to a Gathering in the Communal Dining Hall this evening.

As young girls, Rachel and I witnessed dozens of my parents’ Gatherings. We even planned our own. Whom we’d invite, what we’d serve, which Bible passages we’d study. But now that the moment will soon be upon me, I feel sick to my stomach. Which is almost funny, since that is the excuse I plan to use to get out of attending.

But when Aaron returns from his mysterious new training, tight-lipped and sweaty, he insists we go. I have no idea what he’s thinking. We have far too many secrets. We’ll never get through an intimate dinner without giving ourselves away.

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