Sold- 4th Post

A woman comes to Lakshmi's village and tells her family that she is going to take Lakshmi to the city to become a maid for a rich family. Her stepfather sells her to the woman. This explains my thoughts before about how fishy this seems. Why would he sell Lakshmi to the woman, if she was just going to get a job to support her family. The woman who takes Lakshmi tells her to call her "Auntie." "Auntie" appears to be very glamorous and fascinating, but I think otherwise. She has black teeth, which I think means that there is something evil about her. They go on a journey for a few days. Then something interesting happens. "Auntie", whose real name is Bilma, sells Lakshmi to a man. I did not expect this to happen. I thought that Bilma would just have taken her to the city. The man tells Lakshmi that he will be her Uncle for the rest of the trip. So far in the story, I think that Lakshmi is being tricked into something that she has no idea is coming. The story is very suspenseful.