Tales Of Halimah

Chapter 6

It only meant that Habibah's child was a bastard.
Aisha's mood changed suddenly, she now understood why Habibah was in such a state, it explained how pale she was looking. She couldn't just imagine being in her shoes.
One thing Habibah was sure about was that she wasn't aborting the baby. This is the moment she had always longed for. She wasn't going to give up on her unborn child just because the father wasn't the man she was married to, but how will Dauda take the news, will he accept the baby or reject it since he is not the biological father.
The answers of these questions lied with Dauda.
Aisha knew what her friend was thinking, she had known Habibah for a very long time and once she makes up her mind about something there is no going back.
Aisha was totally against the idea, she was sure the child wasn't going to be accepted by her husband.
Why in the world do you want to keep this child, You will definitely have another one, this one was just to confirm it that you are not barren and that you can bear a child; Aisha told her friend.
Habibah's wasn't going to take that, she wasn't going to abort her unborn baby for any reason. But what was she  going to do? Aisha tried convincing her that they should go to the hospital remove that baby and no one will know that anything happened. It will be their little secret between them, As she was talking habibah had already made her way to the front door,wiped her tears and was ready to face the shame. She bade Aisha goodbye who was shock to see her friend so fired up in a split second.
Habibah went straight to her mother's house right after she had left Aisha.
Alhaja Amina was shock to see her daughter since she would have normally called to inform them that she was coming. Habibah didn't even allow her mother to welcome her into the house before she broke the news of her pregnancy. Alhaja who started rejoicing at the sound of the good news she thought, ushered her in, was going to get her I guess maybe a pack of juice when she heard the words; but not for my husband.
Alhaja was dumbfounded, what did she mean by" but not for my husband". She sat down first so as to process what that sentence meant.
Habibah went on to remind her of the incident that happened weeks ago and it wasn't a coincidence that she was pregnant exactly weeks after.
That was when Alhaja released the gallons of tears, she started screaming and crying. Alhaji Fawaz who was having his afternoon rest was woken up by his wife's drama. He came out wondering what the matter was.
Alhaja in tears began to narrate to her husband what a misfortune that had befallen them. Without hesitation Alhaji advised that Habibah terminate the pregnancy in which Alhaja was in full support of. Habibah couldn't believe her parents, I guess am in this alone;she thought.
Habibah could not go home that day since it was late and she wasn't even feeling too well.
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It was the next morning and Habibah woke up quite late and hungry too. she decided to take her bath and go prepare herself something to eat.
On her way to the kitchen she heard her mother call her. Habibah! Habibah! hope you have thought about what you want to do. Habibah didn't even give her an answer it was so early. She got to the kitchen, she thought of what she could prepare.
She remembered she was craving Yam and oil. So she quickly prepared the Yam and ate with palmoil,when she was done she felt so fulfilled.

On the other hand Dauda came home the night before and his wife was nowhere to be found. He wasn't bothered though thinking she would return early in the morning but he was wrong. It was already 1 in the afternoon and she hasn't still returned. It was a Friday so he didn't go anywhere since it was a praying day.
He knew just where she would be and was going to fetch her after the prayers.
Habibah finished with her food and was about to sleep when her father entered. She thought they were at the mosque and decided to relax a bit before going home to face the situation at hand.
Alhaji brought up the topic of the pregnancy and it will be referred to as a taboo to keep a bastard Alhaji Fawaz said. Just then Dauda walked in; who is carrying a bastard? He asked. Habibah wasn't expecting him and did not also plan to break the news that way.
It was like a cat caught their tongue. Dauda was staring at both father and child, who was going to answer his questions.

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