16. The first fight

Paul looks at Halima, torn apart between telling the truth and getting his throat slit by a woman. He doesn't want either to occur. He tries to elbow her but she brings the knife closer to his neck. 

"don't try any nonsense. I might be a woman but I'm no weakling." Halima says each and every of the letters making the words she's saying dripping dangerously with warning. 

Halima doesn't even know who is holding Paul like that but she's sure she isn't the one. How she got the confidence to do what she's doing, only Allah knows. Even though touching a non-Mahram is Haram, she has to do it. Allah looks at intentions, not actions alone. 

Paul gulps. He's never been so tied up in making a decision. On one hand is his life, the other is money. He gulps again, sweat trickling down his forehead. Is he scared? Of course he isn't. Paul Okonkwo has never been scared. 

He's been held at gun po