THE HARASSMENT
It was a Monday morning and it was raining heavily.
Salamat was cold throughout the night because of the heavy rain and was unable to wake up on time for the early morning prayers. She woke up an hour past the hour of 5 a.m and scrambled out of bed to observe her prayer. After praying, she went back to bed and slept for another 3 hours.
The rain stopped at exactly 10:00 am.
Feeling hungry and cold, she went to the kitchen to boil some water for tea and she met her mother in the kitchen already cooking.
"Good morning mummy", she greeted kneeling.
"Morning Omowunmi", her mother answered. "How was your night?"
"It was fine mummy, just that it was cold", Salamat replied.
"No wonder you are just waking up", her mother said and smiled. "Your old man is st
