All three men said they wanted to buy her freedom. Mi Niang seemed to hear some amusing joke. Slowly raising a finger, she pointed to them one by one. "You want me to be a canary in a cage. You want me to be a beautiful blade. You want me to wash my hands of everything and cook for you."
Her smile lingered at the corners of her eyes. "What a shame. I hate doing what people want me to do."
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The title comes from: "Chewing on red velvet, she laughed and spat toward her lover."
The woman is not the man.
Theme: Belong to no one. Buy back your own freedom and life.
