For whole one day Amina haven't come outside from her room neither eaten the food which was given to her. One of the maids or servants observed it and informed her mother Khadija about it.
"Really? She hasn't taken anything?", Khadija asked the maid Aishat.
Aishat was Amina's personal maid. "Yes ma'am ",Aishat replied.
"You can go I will go speak to her later", Khadija said to The maid. In which the maid obeyed and left immediately.
Khadija knew that btge only person that could speak to Amina was her son Hassan because if she tells her husband, sultan, he would not even give her listening ears.
She clapped her eyes twice and two maid walked into her chambers.
"Help me call my son Hassan. Tell him I want to have a brief words with him", She ordered.
Few minutes later , Hassan was ushered into her chambers.
" Mother you sent for me?", Hassan said with his bowed.
"Yes my son . please sit", Khadija said.
" Thank you mother ", Hassan thanked his mother.
"Mother you wanted to have a brief talk with me", Hassan remained .
"Yes... It is about your sisters", At that point, Hassan already knew where is mother was driving at . His mode changed immediately.
" What's...",
After a brief talk with his mother he decided to have a word with his sister.
Hassan knew He would be a bit difficult to convince him sister Amina but he had to give it a try. who knows maybe she might listen to him.
"Who's it?", Amina questioned because she though someone was at the door.
"Am the one Hassan, I brought you your favorite meal", Hassan replied.
"Please leave I want to be alone ", Amina said.
"please Amina take this food from me you will love it . I made it specially for you and you haven't even taken anything for a whole day . please. ..", Hassan pleaded.
After so many pleads from her brother Hassan. She finally opened the door and Hassan walked in.
Hassan made sure Amina was sitting on her bed before saying it making any speech. While she was eating he began.
"I remembered when I was fifteen when mom and Dad sold our elder sister Jamila at age seventeen to a man of about sixty-four years old. It was so unfortunate that I couldn't even save Jamila because I was so young them", Tears began to fall from. his eyes. Amina couldn't watch her brother cry like that when it wasn't even his fault.
"Brother please it is not your fault I don't want you to blame yourself for anything",Amina tried to console him but she was also shedding tears.
"Now I can't save you... I... I ....I wish I could ... Wish I had the power to save you. ... I can never forget the screams of Jamila when that man raped her ... Father was so consumed with his greediness for money...
"Say no more brother we will fight together", Amina said holding his hands.
"I wish I could...",Hassm said. As brother and sister cried to together.
"Brother you know one thing?",She said
" What"
"I wish I was a boy like you. I wouldn't be given a wife but I will choose my own bride . but since am not...", Amina said.
"Don't say that my dear ... there will surely be a way out of this okay?", Hassan reassures Amina.
"Ma'am you are summoned by your father", Aishat said.
"You need to go now ", Hasan said to Amina.
She left immediately.
"Father you sent for me", She said.
"Have you made up your mind young lady?", Sultan asked his daughter without even looking at her face
" Father, I don't want to marry that man I don't even know him ", Amina said
" Do you have to know someone before marrying the person? . uhh" sultan questioned. This time around he was really furious.
"Amina, my child listen to your father ", Khadija yelled at Amina.
"I want to go college mother I don't want marriage now ", Amina pointed out.
Her father busted out into laughter including her mother.
"College you say? Wake up My child stop imagining things. I sultan Mohammed would never spend a penny on Any female child in this family do you understand ", He yelled.
"Father!!!",Amina screamed as tears begin to drop down from her eyes.
"look here marrying that man will bring a lot of benefits in this family financially ", Her mother whispered into her ears.
"wow so you two are taking advantage of me because of your greediness"She yelled.
"You don't speak to your parents in such manner Amina!!!"Ahdija said on top her voice.
"I hate you father, I hate all of you, your are never going to be my parents ever again. I hate you!!!", Amina screamed at her parents.
"You dare raise your voice at me Amina?", Sultan asked.
" What Will you do ugh beat me as usual or call am old. man to rape my the way to Jamila!!!", Amina fires at Sultan.
"JAMILA JAMILA JAMILA"those words rang in sultan's ears .
There was deep silence in the whole room. The only thing that can be heard was sound of slap landed on Amina's face .
"How dare you!!!", Sultan fired back.
"You can slampy me all you want Sultan Mohammed it still doesn't change the fact that you caused my sister's barrenness. You thought I will never find out huh. News flash I know now you monster of a father.",She fired back also.
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Sultan stood there speechless.
"I have nothing to say to you Amina. I will give it to you anyhow you want it", Her father said.
"You must marry Tariq!!! and that's final", He said before leaving.
"Of course I will marry him... well spoken Sultan... you will forever be my greatest enemy. You and your wife.", She said and left
Those words actually hit her mother she felt a bit guilty. Hassan tried to stop his sister but to no avail.
Sultan went to place a call with Alhaji .
"Hello who's on the line"
"It's my sultan "
"Why are you calling "
"She's ready...