text:  My parents have had an arranged marriage, but theirs is a love-hate relationship that borders mostly on hate. As a child, I've once seen them get into a terrible argument, and my mom ended up with a black eye. And that image is stuck in my head as I wonder if that would be my future. Seeing how conflicted I am, my best friend gives me a book. It's called The Secret. Now, you may have heard of it. It talks about how to manifest what you want in life.