FLAWED SOULS

CHAPTER 38: TONIGHT

Dedicated to my bestfriend TheOmoope because I don't appreciate all she does for me enough.

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Her therapist was a pleasant faced woman, she smiled at Amirah who was tell very nervous but somehow her smile seemed to ease Amirah's nerves but only a little.
All along she'd kept asking herself what she was doing, numerous times she'd almost changed her mind and gone back to the safety of her home and enjoy her solitude but curiosity won against her fears so here she was in this annoyingly bright office.

"Hello. Please sit." She said motioning to the chair opposite her. Amirah sat down slowly.

"I'm Tara, how're you doing today?"

"I'm fine, good." Amirah said her heart racing, she wanted to leave. This wasn't right, she wasn't crazy, she should get up and leave now, Muhammad shouldn't have set up this meeting.

"Before we begin fully, I'd like you to know that I am not here to fix you, I'm here to help you, to assist you and I can't do that without your help. I understand how hard this might be for you but I promise you there's nothing to be worried or scared about okay?"

Her eyes were kind and her voice soft, Amirah felt her fear slowly dissipate.

"You don't have to fear that I'm going to make you start talking about everything, you can tell me when you're comfortable enough, it's perfectly okay."

"I understand."

"So I understand your husband made the appointment, did you consent to that?"

Amirah nodded.

"That's amazing. How long have you been married?"

"Six months."

"Still a young marriage I see. How long did you court for?"

"I think seven months." Amirah answered promptly.

"I and my husband courted for two weeks." Tara said with a small laugh.

"Two weeks?" Amirah asked surprised.

"Yes, we met on Facebook and three days later we met physically and went on few dates and then out of the blue, he proposed and I never felt so sure of anything so I said yes."

"Wow." Amirah said shocked. "How did your families take it?"

"Typical, they felt I needed to give it time. Did yours have any issue about you and your husband?"

"No, not at all. Actually they persuaded me to marry him, I felt seven months was too short but that's probably a silly thing to say knowing about you."

Tara laughed. "Not at all, relationships doesn't come with a rule book. Everyone should do what's best for them, separate individuals with different mindsets."

Amirah nodded thoughtfully. "I agree with that, I heard of a couple who courted for five years but got divorced after a week of marriage."

Tara bursted into laughter and Amirah chuckled feeling quite at ease now.

"There you have it, you can never fully know someone. You said your family persuaded you into marrying your husband, do they usually have such strong influence on your decisions?"

Amirah scoffed. "it's hard to tell my father no, he could be asking for your opinion but from the question you already know the answer he wants you to give and you dare not say otherwise."