  &quot;You re safe now, Ya Fareeda. I'll protect you with the only weapon I have, which is Ya Mujaheed.&quot; 
  Fareeda hugged her warmly as tears washed down her face, &quot;Thank you so much, Nana. I love you, my darling.&quot; If not for Nana, Fareeda wondered how she would ve been saved from Asma u because all she thought of was for the worse to happen, and even now as she was saved momentarily, she was sure the worse will certainly happen.
  &quot;Don t let all that she said bother you, Ya Fareeda. I'll leave you to sleep now, you should eat before doing that.&quot; Fareeda watched as she left the room and closed the door behind her. Her knees voluntarily went south and she broke into tears. She felt the tightening in her chest and cried bitterly. All that she was afraid of was for what Asma u had said to come to reality. If she got married to Mujaheed, she didn t know what would 

  She stole a glance at Alhaji and was surprised to see a pleased and relaxed look on his face. She might have not known him as ever daughter knew her father, but at least she knew enough about him. And the look he had on his face wasn t a displeased one. He was relieved that Mujaheed wanted to stay with her as a wife and Fareeda knew his reason would only be because she was disgrace to him now.
  &quot;I'd have to thank you again, Mujaheed. Because there are only a few people that will still choose to stay with a bad wife when a very good one is presented to them. Thank you.&quot; That went unanswered, as Mujaheed only nodded his head and Alhaji turned his gaze to Fareeda with all the softness gone, the kindness and what was only left was fury and his disgust of her.
  &quot;I'd have to make this clear to you, Fareeda. You have to know what you re doing now, I don't know what had happen

  She had already got ready before he came back from mosque and waited for him, because he told her that they were taking an 8am flight in Kano and they had to leave as early as they could from Katsina. He only knocked on the door and she walked out with her feet hurting much less than her heart hurt, but she knew she had to act all tough for the time being. It wasn t time for her to act all whiny and frail, she had to be strong enough to carry the storm she had created herself.
  Throughout their drive to Kano, Mujaheed hadn t lifted a brow toward her, and she cried even though without making a sound, until they reached Kano. He wished he could strangle her until she stopped crying because he knew for a fact that she wasn t crying because she wanted him to forgive her, she was crying because of what Adam did to her. Maybe she even wanted him back after what had happen. Or she had missed

&quot;You re safe now, Ya Fareeda. I'll protect you with the only weapon I have, which is Ya Mujaheed.&quot; 
  Fareeda hugged her warmly as tears washed down her face, &quot;Thank you so much, Nana. I love you, my darling.&quot; If not for Nana, Fareeda wondered how she would ve been saved from Asma u because all she thought of was for the worse to happen, and even now as she was saved momentarily, she was sure the worse will certainly happen.
  &quot;Don t let all that she said bother you, Ya Fareeda. I'll leave you to sleep now, you should eat before doing that.&quot; Fareeda watched as she left the room and closed the door behind her. Her knees voluntarily went south and she broke into tears. She felt the tightening in her chest and cried bitterly. All that she was afraid of was for what Asma u had said to come to reality. If she got married to Mujaheed, she didn t know what would be of her.
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  Despite her attempt to sleep, Fareeda s effort proved futile and she sat down on 

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