It has been a week of marriage and there's still no sign of my so called husband. Two days ago, i went to the Faeeiz mansion and they left me with no choice but to lie to them again and again.

I woke up as early as 5am in the morning, prayed, read the holy book then took my bath.

I finished my morning chores early in today, ate my breakfast which was a simple salad with pita bread and a cup of coffee.

5 minutes later,

"but mom what if she embarrasses me like throw me out of her house and mom i seriously can't go to her house alone," i explained.

"Don't worry hanan its for peace sake. I would send yusra to your home now so start getting ready ok?" I nodded as if she was in front of me then disconnected the call.

Mama please why? How can i go to my co wife's house for peace sake Allah yasa ma she would let me into her house. Mama suddenly called me today and told me to go to malika's house. To greet her because that's what I'm supposed to do. Her words not mine.

I changed into a green ankara.

I sat on the couch waiting for yusra to arrive but aside from that, don't i have to tell my so called husband about this.

"Assalamu Alaikum adda hanan." yusra said as soon as she step into the house.

"Yusra!" God I'm so happy finally after a week i get to see my stubborn sister again. I pulled her into a hug. She hugged me back saying, "how are you and everything?"

All of a sudden I started crying, "what's wrong with you adda hanan? Is something wrong?" She asked worriedly.

"No it's nothing. I'm fine i promise, I'm just happy to see you." She smiled and pulled me with her saying, "Good now let me make you up." Yusra is a make up artist but I didn't feel like doing anything to my face so I rejected. After constant nagging, I finally decided to let her do it.

"Okay but I want a simple nude makeup."
"Whatever you say maam" yusra replied smiling. She pulled me to my room and sat me down in front of my dressing mirror. She grabbed my makeup bag and pulled everything she needed out.

About 15 minutes later, I literally begged her to stop. She finally finished whatever she was doing on my face.

"Adda you look awesome, malika or whatever her name is would fall heads over heel for you." Yusra said which made me blush before grabbing my black veil and draped it over my body.

I made sure to lock the the house before going out.

"Hajiya ina kwana. (Madam good morning)" The gate man greeted. I smiled at him and said, "ina kwana baba."

After the pleasantries, i held yusra's hand and walked to the house adjacent to mine, which happened to be my co-wife's house.

My hand started shaking as I reached for the door bell. "Adda hanan relax." Yusra whispered ringing the door bell. I nodded.

We waited for about three minutes, before a lady in her mid twenties opened the door. "Sannun ku,"
"Sannu." We smiled at her.
"Who are looking for?" She asked. "We are here to see malika" Yusra answered.

"Who are you?" the lady asked looking puzzled. "Tell her hanan is here to see her."

Meanwhile, Malika along with her sisters were all seated in the parlor gisting when they heard malika's maid talking to hanan. "Tell her hanan is here to see her."

The maid walked into the parlor, "Hajiya malika someone called hanan is here to see you."

Malika looked up from her phone, "and who is that?" She asked. "I don't know too."
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Hanan that was standing by the door way heard what was going on in the parlor but she just kept quiet. Just then the maid walked up to her, "she wants to know who exactly you are and why you are here."

At that moment, all hanan wanted to do was turn and leave, but she stayed anyway. She opened her mouth to say something when yusra spoke up. "Tell her it is yaya zayd's bride and we are here to see her."

Back to malika's parlor.

"Ma'am it is yaya zayd's bride and she is here to see you." Malika hissed. "Have them wait for me in the lounge."

She let them in, and lead them to the lounge. They sat and waited for about 10 minutes before the maid walked in yet again and said, "follow me." They sighed in relief and followed her. She lead them to the parlor malika was at and salamed. They received a slight response.

They exchanged pleasantries but malika and her family hardly answered.

"Can I see the baby?"hanan smiled which made her more beautiful than she already was. She just reached out her hands and was about to pick afnan from the cradle when one of malika sisters immediately picked up the baby giving the excuse of changing the baby's diapers. Hanan smiled amd sat back down.

About 2 minutes later, hanan waited for malika's sister to bring afnan back but she didn't.
"so they did this intentionally "hanan thought, while malika and her friends were busy gisting, hanan and yusra stayed quiet.

" Okay then sai anjima Allah ya raya."
A faint Amin rolled around in the living room, before they excused themselves. As soon as they left, they heard malika and co gossiping about her.

"Allah ya kyauta." Yusra said.

H A N A N

After arriving home, I ran to my bedroom and flopped on my bed. "Oh Allah I knew I shouldn't have went to that house, yanzun na ja ma kaina raini. I have never been disgraced like this in my life and now.." my voice croaked as I started weeping and its all my so called husbands fault. I said to myself.

*And thats how hanan life continued a life without gata. Malika never told zayd about hanan's visit to their house.

About a week later,

Zayd, malika and afnan travelled out of the country. They travelled to paris, spent about 2 weeks there then they travelled to dubai all without the knowledge of hanan as she was still at home.

Today she went to the faeeiz mansion.

At the faeeiz mansion

"Hanan!" zayd's sisters salma and farha shouted pulling me into an enamored hug, they welcomed me whole heartedly. I smiled and hugged them back.

We exchanged pleasantries, then they escorted me to my father in law's chamber.

I knocked on the door to his parlor and waited. "Come in," he said and I pushed open the door saying, "peace be upon you."
He smiled, "peace be upon you too dear." We exchanged pleasantries and chatted for a while before I went back to mom in law's chamber. We chatted for a long while with mom in law, salma, farha and aunt meema who happened to be at their house that day.

3 hours later

"Farha, dan Allah zoki rakani wurin daddy(farha please come and escort me to daddy, I want to bid him goodbye," I said pulling farha who was trying to put on her shoes with me.

We arrived at daddy's chamber just like before, I knocked at door.

Umm zayd answered. I am used to falling her umm zayd because that's what we used to call her before I got married that I don't know if I am supposed to call her mama now. We walked into the living room. "Yauwa hanan, daman I wanted to talk to you. Come sit down." Daddy said. I came and sat down on the carpet.

Umm zayd and daddy smiled. He cleared his voice, "I want you to take farha home with you, she would stay with you for the time being, since zayd is not always with you so if he goes to malika's house then you would have someone to talk to right?" Daddy asked and I smiled. "After all in ya dawo sai ta dawo."

I thanked himand bid them goodbye. Now we were currently in the car on our way back home when farha asked me if I get along with zayd well. I seriously didn't know what to say. Fortunately, my phone began to ring.

I picked the phone and saw that it was my best friend khadija. "Oh Allah khadija sai yau kika tuna da ni?" I asked smiling as soon as i answered the phone.

"No, Manna(hanan nickname at school) wallah its not like that. I lost my phone and of course all my contacts, do you really know the wahala i had to go through to get your number." she said and I said it was okay. She asked about my husband and stuff, of course I had to lie again. We chatted, talked about school and all that and of course farha was driving.

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