6 months after the marriage the Sani family arrived at the house of the wedded couple for the 4th time but this time with Ibrahim's sisters who had not met Aisha in person...
Aisha has prepared a meal for Ibrahim's parents, sisters herself, and Ibrahim.
As she served the food on the plates, she carried a tray with food for his parents. She served their food in front of each of them and went back into the kitchen. She had placed the food for his sisters in a tray and then went to serve it while she had ordered their maid, Saratu to serve Ibrahim's food.
"Here is your food" she said with a smile placing the last dish in front of Sultana who just glared at her.
"Where is your husband's food?" Aisha's Mother-in-law, Zainab asked causing the smile on Aisha's face to fade
"Uhm, I asked Saratu to bring it" she replied.
"How would you allow your maid to serve your husband, that is not proper Aisha! go and collect that food and serve him yourself." She ordered and Aisha nodded immediately.
She walked into the kitchen and collected the dish from Saratu...Walking into the dining room where everyone was, she walked over to Ibrahim's side and placed his meal in front of him.
"Here is your meal" Just as Ibrahim is about to take a bite...
"This food is bitter, it doesn't have taste at all, does she even know how to cook?" Sultana speaks up in her UK/Nigerian accent, this causes Ibrahim to drop the fork and glance at Aisha
"I need to use to bathroom," he says getting up to leave
"But..." Aisha tries to speak but he ignores her and walks away completely
"Sultana, how can you say that, it's nice, I love it in fact" Samira who seems to be nicer than her sister says
"Abba, Mama lets go please, I'm already tired of staying here," Sultana says, hurting Aisha's feelings
Did her food really have no taste? But she had tasted it before serving...
"Sultana, it's enough, I don't see a reason for you to complain, must you always make a scene everywhere you go?" Ibrahim's father, Ahmad scolds
"Well, why doesn't she go learn to cook good food, is this what you want my brother to be eating, bitter and unhealthy food? Even if you were going to get a wife for Ibrahim, you should have gotten a good one not some random woman from the streets..."
"Enough!" Ibrahim's Mother yells slamming her hand on the table
"No, no, Aunty, its ok, she's just voicing out her opinion on the food, she probably has a taste for high-class meals" Aisha quickly intervenes before it gets worse
"Of course, I do, please get your servant or maid to get this trash off the table and into the trash," Sultana says and gets up pushing Aisha away and causing her to fall backward
Samira quickly holds her hand so she won't fall and Aisha weakly smiles at her.
"Uhm Aisha, dear, I apologize for her behavior she is not in the best mood so uhm its best we leave now," Her mother-in-law says and they all get up wanting to leave...
At this point, Aisha's eyes are already flooded with water but she fights the urge to cry.
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After clearing the dining, Aisha leaves the dishes in the sink for Saratu to wash and then walks upstairs sadly.
As she walks towards her room Ibrahim's door swings open and they bump into each other, Aisha falls backward and Ibrahim catches her and pulls her closer, causing them to stare at each other for what seems like ages...
"Sorry" Aisha tries to leave
"Are they gone?" Ibrahim asks
"Yes," she enters her room and locks the door.
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Later at night, Aisha prepares something simpler and before she serves it, she takes a bite and it seems ok!
"Here is your dinner," she says placing a tray of noodles in front of him.
"I'm not hungry" he quickly says
"Why, you only had coffee this morning, you didn't eat lunch and now you want to skip dinner?"
"I am not hungry today please just get this..." he pauses and looks at her face
"This what? It's because of what your sister said right? If the food really was bitter then why did everyone else enjoy it, you didn't even have a taste for yourself" Aisha scolds
"Aisha, do you want me to cry because of what a 19-year-old teenager said to you, ok fine I'll cry," he says and fake sobs
"It's not funny, Ibrahim" which causes him to sob more
"You all are the same," she says and leaves to her room.
Ibrahim watches her leave and then also gets up leaving the food.
Back in Aisha's room, she sits on her bed watching some videos which she made back at home with her brother Amar. After a while, she turns off her phone and lays on her bed before drifting off...
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Business Affair: The Unwanted Bride
Romans"Follow me," Ibrahim says turning to Aisha "To where?" she asks "Just come, don't make a scene," Ibrahim says quietly this time. Aisha reluctantly agrees and follows Ibrahim into the elevator. His secretary and bodyguards follow after him... "Take t...
