Yet, while dealing with the fallout of her decision, she suddenly realized that she would have to pay a hefty price for marrying Harold. The local residents were far from ignorant, particularly her most intimate friends. They knew she didn’t marry Harold for love.
People often say that age is just a number, but in this situation, everyone could see that it was odd. There had to be something else at play. Why else would a young woman, in the prime of her life, marry an aged, ailing man?