A man discovers his fiancée rigged the Winslow family tarot ritual so he could never draw a favorable card.
Ninety-nine times the protagonist has pulled a tarot card for the Winslow marriage rite and ninety-nine times the result was an ill omen. On the hundredth attempt he watches Clara Winslow strip every Lovers card from the deck and hears her state outright that he will never draw a good sign. The revelation proves the generations-old ceremony was a deliberate fraud and that Clara holds no affection for him. He discards the cards and telephones his parents to accept the arranged match with the Shaw family instead.
Markers
- 1rigged family ritual
- 2tarot manipulation
- 3arranged marriage pivot
Audience
Anyone who enjoys a protagonist walking away from a rigged tradition to choose a new path will appreciate this setup.
