Nana drop her phone on the bed and went to take a relaxing shower before Zayn comes back. He'll be there in thirty minutes and she should be done by then insha'Allah. She remove her sweats and turn on the shower, taking a long bath whilst thinking about Mu'ayyad's words. He loved her since the first time he bumped into her? That is very new and it is making her uncomfortable but she'd still feel tingles after hearing those words, in this case, seeing those words written broadly on her phone screen.She stopped thinking when she heard the door to their opening, that means Zayn is back. She shut off the shower and wrap a fluffy red towel around her and one on her head before walking out of the ensuite. She saw him looking at her phone, she closed her eyes and pray, hoping that he'll not mistakenly bump into her chat with his cousin, that would cause a huge scene and fight which she is never looking forward to."Mami?" He called her name, bro

Two years ago.  Nana and her mother went to her mother's homeland for the first time. It was also the first time she knew about them having a family in the village of Zaria. They went to Kwarbai to greet her mother's parents siblings since her parents are dead and it has been long since she last visited. She heard them mocking her that because she became rich, she stopped coming to visit them so she asked Nana to get dressed that they're going to Zaria and will be back the same day so Nana got dressed in simple ankara flay gown.Now that they're standing by the door to the house, Nana wished she was anywhere but there. She could already feel chills running down her spine because she's having a bad feeling about the whole ordeal. Just looking at the door makes her want to run back to the confines of her room and lock herself up. Something bad is going to happen and she can't st

Not edited.Seven months pregnant but they didn't let Nana rest. At first, they are treating her like and egg but now, they could careless about what she's carrying, they have enough children around the house to care about her own. Today, they asked her to take a bucket and fetch water at the neighbourhood where some men that serve their NYSC in Zaria live. The men alone have borehole because all around the place, it's only their home that have light, borehole and it's the finest house all around.Nana sobbed as she walk to the house, covering her face with hijab as she hold her hand possessively around her baby bulb which was obvious even with the hijab. The pregnancy has changed her, big nose, puffier cheeks, more plump lips. She added a little weight around her burst and hips but she's still the same woman, if only her eyes didn't deepen into slits because of the weight

Nana was silently sitting on a rock in front of her room when Maajida, or Jumaimah rushed to her and sat down, breathing in deeply before she opened her mouth to talk. She stopped again to take a deep breath then opened her mouth, Nana couldn't quite catch what she's saying since she was talking very fast so she stopped her and asked her to take another breath, she did as she was told before started talking."You're going to the city with Isuhu, tomorrow." She told her in harsh breaths, because she heard Baba Larai telling him to take her there so they could come back with more city food."Why? I'm heavily pregnant and it's not like we have any car!" Nana look down at her big belly, looking like the thing inside will pop out any second and she's almost nine months, just a day."Baba Larai wants

Unedited! A week passed in a blur with Nana avoiding Zayn thoroughly. He didn't give up though, he would always sneak into the room and talk to her before leaving. The first two days, he thought she really was sleeping but after a few more thoughts and questioning the doctor and her mother, he found out that she's avoiding and also Khumais. He didn't know why she was doing that but wants to find out why though she didn't give him the eyes to. Khumais kept crying continuously like something has being ripped away from him and together they'll cuddle up together and sleep at night.  His mother asked him to give Khumais to his mother in-law or them Rukayyah but he refused and close the topic. If Nana is not there, then there should be a part of her that's with him or he won't function. Zayn now knew how to take care of children and bought more things that will help him take Khumais with him to the office just because he wants a part of Nana with him. She's t