Aisha had never dreared a day like she had dreaded this day. She spent the whole last seven days praying for a miracle to happen, the one that will have her out of this marriage, but none did. As she stood up from the vanity stool where the makeup artist had finished dolling her face up; she squeezed back her tears and imagined Mommy by her side. This was supposed to be the happiest day of her life, it was the exact opposite. She looked at her reflection in the mirror and smiled, a rueful smile as she lifted up her hand and touched her cheeks.
She wanted to know if this was really happening in her life, if she was truly the one getting married today. And to no one but Abba Muhammad Tijjani, the man that claimed to love her. But she knew better to but that piece of cake. Throughout these s
