I know the odds are stacked against me but I still believe there's a way. Like you say, if it's worth picking a fight, I will definitely destroy "Troy". I believe in pride, honor, and justice. Leaving things the way it is, it will only embolden more people to do the same or encourage their daughters to use us money mules.
Currently, I'm leaning towards condemning her as she did not resist or run away and attempted to reach me for help. As for cultural practice, I will honor it to an extend but like how her parents treated me. There's no way for me to honor such system when they broken their own promise.
Thanks a lot for guys for your input.
Yes. Duma, what you said, I completely stand with you on that. I'm willing to step on culture and even the elders for that matter. Like you, I don't mind losing a person to someone because she'd walked that line but I do mind losing to someone else because of her folks. Hmong people is all about the face thing, they like to gossip and gloat about it. Even now, as I'm writing I'm part of their narrative that I'm a complete fool. Not only lost the woman I love but money too.