The small church hall in western Uganda echoed with laughter that cut deeper than knives. At the center stood Winfred Kaggisha, her hands trembling as her uncle proudly displayed the bride price he had received.
“Tonight she becomes his problem,” someone joked.
Across the hall leaned the groom—Kato Biruhanga, the village drunk. His clothes were wrinkled, his breath heavy with alcohol, and guests openly laughed at the idea of him marrying a young woman like Winfred.
“Go to your husband,” her aunt whispered sharply, pushing her forward.
Winfred’s heart pounded.
Then suddenly, the drunken man lifted his head. His eyes were clear, and the quiet sentence he murmured made her aunt’s smile slowly disappear.
Because the man everyone believed was worthless… was pretending.
Winfred’s life had not always been like this.
At 21, she lived in the same house where she was born—but it no longer felt like home. After her parents died in a road accident, she was taken in by her uncle Moses and his wife Annet. What seemed like kindness quickly turned into exploitation.
She became labor.
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