Obscured Passages

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>They remind me <em>Be a good girl</em>.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Good means <em>silent</em>.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Nichole is six years old when she's dressed in white carried into the candlelit dark and sold as a single-use bride for the first time.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Expected to be good silent and obedient Nichole is indoctrinated to believe she's doing God's work. She's told she will bring blessings for her family. But really she's just broken into pieces.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The pieces have names. They have roles. They have identities. And not all of them are willing to be </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>silent</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. Even with the life-threatening consequences of defying The Priesthood hanging over her head Nichole and her parts are not content to stay in the dark forever.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It is time to break the silence.</strong></p><p><br></p>