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I'd always been the stubborn type, taking everything way too seriously and never knowing when people were joking. When my grandma said I was picked up from a trash can, I went out and bowed to every trash can I saw. I even handed out flyers looking for my "real mom". A boy at school said my butt was big, so I'd probably have lots of kids. That same day, I marched over to his house, ripped his mom's pants, and checked if hers was any bigger. After a while, nobody dared to mess with me anymore. Whenever I was around, everyone suddenly got all nice and proper. But then, right after I turned eighteen, my family decided it was time for an arranged marriage and picked a guy for me. And this guy, James Eaton, had a childhood female friend, Erica Quinn. At a party, we were playing Truth or Dare. Erica shot me a sly grin. "Sandra, James has a mole on the inside of his thigh. It looks pretty good when he's moving around. "You'll be lucky when you two do something together." The room went silent for a moment, and then James's buddies cracked up. I paused. Then I turned to James, who was holding his drink with his eyes downcast and a faint smile. "Take your pants off. Let me see if it's true."