  &quot;No, what happened, Nana? Did you perhaps make my favorite today?&quot; He asked with a hint of laughter and he knew of her strictness when it came to him taking his meal at the right time.
  &quot;I cooked for you despite knowing you weren t there. I wanted to be loyal and tried eating your white rice with okra but do you know what? I nearly vomited, I felt nauseous, how do you eat that concoction?&quot;
  He laughed as he walked into the hotel that had a restaurant attached, 'Soli Centre  he read the name in his mind and waked further into the spacious building. &quot;I'll teach you how to eat it once I'm back in Taraba. Do you know what this place is called, Nana?&quot; He laughed at the name, because he had never heard of something like that before.
  &quot;You better eat to your fill, I don t want you to lose weight, Ya Mujaheed. No, what is it? Something like Nana Fatima Zar

  &quot;Get up.&quot; He ordered through gritted teeth and Fareeda had to stumble before she stood on her feet. Her whole body shook with fear while her tears kept rolling down as though a fountain on her cheeks. 
  He scrunched his face up when he held her wrist and began to drag her out of the place, no one spoke or asked him where he was taking her or asked her if she truly knew him, they just watched. &quot;Hey, wait please!&quot; One lady called from behind them and Mujaheed turned, thinking it was the wife Adam was claiming about. She came to where he stood and that was when he noticed the veil she was carrying.
  &quot;It s her veil, I'll help put it on her, please.&quot; She spoke gently with so much care about Fareeda. He didn t move, which to her was an affirmation and to Mujaheed, that was when he noticed her hair had been out and he felt her hatred filling his heart even more

  &quot;There s a door at the back of the house, no one knows about it, not even the architect that drew this house. Because I felt that incase of emergency, maybe bandits or something, we can escape together with my family. Somehow, she s the only person that knows that door apart from me, because I know she's the one that s bound to cause enough trouble that might need an escape. Let s go there and check, if the lock there is broken, then she has left.&quot;  
  Alhaji immediately stood as they walked deeper into the house while he remembered the day he took Fareeda to that door. That was before he got married to Hadiza, he believed something bad might happen to her while he wasn't around and if she had her glasses on, she might run out of the house safely. He hadn t forgotten about the door, but he thought she had forgotten about it. And when they reached, the door was unlocked and th

&quot;No, what happened, Nana? Did you perhaps make my favorite today?&quot; He asked with a hint of laughter and he knew of her strictness when it came to him taking his meal at the right time.
  &quot;I cooked for you despite knowing you weren t there. I wanted to be loyal and tried eating your white rice with okra but do you know what? I nearly vomited, I felt nauseous, how do you eat that concoction?&quot;
  He laughed as he walked into the hotel that had a restaurant attached, 'Soli Centre  he read the name in his mind and waked further into the spacious building. &quot;I'll teach you how to eat it once I'm back in Taraba. Do you know what this place is called, Nana?&quot; He laughed at the name, because he had never heard of something like that before.
  &quot;You better eat to your fill, I don t want you to lose weight, Ya Mujaheed. No, what is it? Something like Nana Fatima Zarah?&quot; That made him laugh.
  &quot;I ve almost forgotten what your real name is, should I be c

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