It had been two weeks since Khairiyya returned from Jigawa and things were still how they were with her mother, she still couldn't come on terms with what her mother wanted her to do. Her mother had being coaxing her to agree to abort the child and get over everything because the earlier the better.

     Since Khairiyya began using the sleeping pills she couldn't sleep peacefully without taking them, that was the least of her problem because all she wanted was ...