The grandmother was in ill health, and had nothing to leave her ward. The moment she died, the grandmother feared, Ruksana would have no choice but prostitution. Marriage, even to such an undesirable partner, was the best choice for her granddaughter’s future.
Jenny and Sam talk to Rukhsana, a girl who got married first at thirteen and gave birth to a child [hat tip: Val & Binerry]. Abandoned by her first husband, she is now being married off a second time.
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