Chapter 53 32: Confessions

Maryam was afraid for her, she had once told her that Na im had the power to have her killed if he wanted and the way she was speaking to him today had sent a shiver down to her spine. She had an angry look on her face as she stared pointedly at Maryam, waiting for to do what she had asked her to. "Am I not speaking to you? Get down from his laps and go to your room, Maryam! Or do you want all that I've told you to happen to you?!" Maryam was crying, not because she was afraid of the things Bilkisu had told her, but because she had sounded exactly like Intisar would have, or a bit less. Because if it were Intisar, she knew she would have been punching and throwing things at him by now. She gulped down a lump in her throat and looked at Bilkisu, for the first time, she was going to tell someone apart from herself and him the she was indeed his wife. "He s my husband, Bilkisu. He s telling you the truth and no, he didn t force me to lie, Baaba got us married before