HUSNA

Chapter42

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. -Walt Disney

          

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Faiza clasped Husna's hands, alarmed.
"Hussy, are you sure you're okay? What's wrong?"

"I'm okay. Definitely. Nothing happened," Husna forced a smile.

Faiza scoffed softly.
"You really think I'll believe that? Tell me the truth. Has Ya Hameed done something to you? Or... do you not want this marriage anymore?"

A single tear slid down Husna's cheek. She wiped it away quickly.

"Oh Allah, stop crying," Faiza whispered, already panicking. "Talk to me, Hussy. I'm scared."

"I don't want the marriage."

Faiza froze.

"You don't want... what? How? Don't tell me you two fought again. Ya Rabbi..." She pulled Husna into a hug.

"Shhh, sweetheart, don't cry here. Look at me what happened? Did he shout at you? Insult you?"

Husna shook her head, clutching the tissue.
"He hasn't called me for almost two weeks, Faiza. Since the day he left. I think he's angry."

Faiza blinked.

"Two weeks? Angry? Why? I thought you two left happily that day."

Husna sighed shakily.

"He's been complaining about me. You know Muhammad is my cousin, but anytime he calls and my number is busy, he picks a fight. That day... I hissed at him and

Faiza cut in, nodding slowly.

"Ahh. Now I get it."

She laced her fingers together.

"Husna, every time you two fight, you never apologize. You wait for him to cool off and call you first. Pride and ego will destroy you."

She leaned closer, lowering her voice.

"This silly pride you're carrying it will ruin your marriage before it even starts. Relationships are not for bragging, they're for building. Marriage is different entirely. Once you marry him, he won't tolerate what he tolerated before."

She placed a hand on Husna's cheek.

"He is a man. He can walk away and marry someone else. Then what? You'll sit here heartbroken, rewriting 'had I known'. Drop this ego, Husna. I'm telling you for your own good."

"What do you want me to do now, Faiza? I'm so lost; I couldn't even think straight right now. Ya rabbi..."

"Apologize to him."

"Apologize? I don't know if I can just do that."

"Husna, you always had fights and made up later. But if you're incapable of that, then don't dream about your marriage life. Do you know what will happen? Ears that do not listen to advice accompany the head when it is chopped off."