Before Wedding, Fiancee Must Bathe Seven Days With Friend

The wedding was almost here, and my fiancée took a knife to her own wrist. I was shaking all over, terrified, and rushed to stop her. She pushed me away, her face pale and weak. "Nat, don't stop me. Let me do it." "Why?" I refused to let go no matter what, and her best friend told me, her eyes rimmed red. "There's a marriage custom in our village. For the seven days before a girl gets married, she has to bathe together with a man for seven days, to wash away the bad luck so she can bring good fortune to her husband's family!"