Ohu slides a wrapped present over to Grace. It's about a foot long, and about four inches on each side.
"The Ashanti have a tradition when a girl becomes a woman. She is taken off and told the secrets of womanhood. Then she is dressed, and presented to marriageable men."
He smiles at her. "But you are older than those girls who became women. And I cannot take you off and tell you the secrets of womanhood. And I cannot find you a husband, even if you wanted one right now. But I can offer this."
He gestures to the box.
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