I sucked in my breath and a new batch of tears dropped down my cheeks when I saw his message all over again.

"Hey Reina! I'm sure you're probably wondering and worried why I didn't come today as promised. I know this is going to be hard for both of us but my parents had set me up for marriage with my cousin fareeha, I'm sure you know her through Azeezah. You do know when you're planning yours, Allah is planning his so I hope you will understand. I will always love you Reina, You are and will forever be embedded in my heart forever and always. I will try my best to love Fareeha but not as much as I love you Maryam. Bye Mi Amor. Till our souls reconnect in the hear after Insha Allah and please don't cry I I'm holding on to my tears too".
~S

I cried more at the last statement he sent because for a boy to cry for a girl is rare and that only means he truly loves me .

But the question is can I be strong enough to let go of him?

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I stood up to cleanse myself before the adhaan for subh would be called because it was already 4:50 a.m.

After I cleansed my self and observed my Salah, I prayed for my Parents, My Family, Sadiq and Fareeha's marriage to be blessed with Peace,The Muslim Ummah and finally for ease to come my way.

My name is Maryam Yusouf Mamman and I'm twenty one years old. I'm the fourth and last daughter to my parents: Alhaji Yusouf Mamman and Hajiya Zubaida Mahmoud.

I have Three older siblings: Mardiyya, Our first born is twenty Nine and married with two adorable but troublesome sons, Abba and Abbas.

Omar,The second born at twenty seven is also married with a little munchkin, Afrah and my only niece so far.

And the third born, the bachelor who doesn't want to get married despite being twenty four, Khalil.

Both my parents hail from Kaduna State but we were born in Abuja and stay there up till now.

My Dad is an engineer with oil industries in almost every state in the northern part of Nigeria whereas my Mum is a business woman and a housewife too.

I finished My NYSC (National Youth service Corps) a few weeks ago and was planning on telling Sadiq, whom is now my ex boyfriend to send his Elders for formal introduction before him and his cousin happened.

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Hey guys this is my first book on wattpad and I hope to get motivating and happy feed backs from y'all.

Anyways, how was the prologue I hope you liked it.
Bye...see you guys in the next chapter👣👣🏃

~Hafsah 🌹

2|JAN|2019🎈