February 23rd, 2010 - the biggening...

This story begins in the 1985, in Tehran, Iran. A land where no woman could make a decision of her own, and men could do anything that they wished. She was 16 years old, and she had her whole future ahead of her. She has yet to finish high school, and in her mind, she was inlove with someone that no one else knew about. Her parents were getting a divorce and it was very difficult for her mother to take care of her. And then came a man. He was 30, and has already been married 3 times before, all which has ended in a divorce due to his bad habits and personality. He was educated in the USA, at the University of California, with an Engineering Degree. Infact, his first wife was from America. They stayed together for two years, until he decided to return to Iran and help with the revolution. He married two more times in his own country but they only lasted for 6 months. Now he was at door of this girl, asking fr her hand in marriage. In his eyes, and his mother's eyes, she was beautiful, younge and naive. She could be raised to be anything that he wanted, and she would not leave him for his habits. In her eyes and her mother's eyes, he was her ticket out of what was happening to her and her family. She could be rich and happy with an educated man whom seemed to have it all. She didn't want to do it. Her mother forced her into it, and she accepted, and they got married. She was indeed and beautiful bride. She was too good for him. Her name was Soraya. His name was Hamid. This is where the rest of their life and her problems began.