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Recap:

"Does that make me ideological?"

"I don't know. Maybe" Mufeeda answered

"Then I'm cool with that" I said smiling "get ready Hafsat! To become a heroine"

"It's not as easy as it seems" Hafsat sighed

"Then you make it easy!"

August 11 2016

So can you believe Hafsat texted me this morning saying she doesn't have the courage to do anything? After all the motivational talks? She has got to be kidding me. Well if she won't stand up for herself, I'll stand up for her. That's what friends are for right? Which is why I have to get someone to take me to her grandmother's house. Thank you God for blessing me with big boy cousins

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Now that I'm here..... I feel a bit nervous. And I was making mouth two hours ago.

Just take a deep deep deep breath.
You can do this
Just walk in and show them what you're made of

That's it. I'm inspired. I walk to the door, take a deep breath and press the doorbell. I can't give you details of the house because I'm here on an important mission you know. A young girl who I assume is the mai aiki (house help) opens he door

"They're expecting me" I say and she let me in. By the way she looks like someone named Asabe. Don't mind me.

"So I've come up with a decision" a voice which sounds like Hafsat's grandmother says

"What?" I think all the people present say

"Auren dole (forced marriage)"

It's been 3 minutes since she said that thing. And no one has said anything. I think this is the right time to go in. Take a deep deep breath. I close my eyes and push the door to the big sitting room open and walk in. In case you didn't know, I was eavesdropping. As I walk in, everyone turns to look at me. Hafsat shoots me a "what are you doing here" look but i totally ignore her. Like everyone is looking at me and I'm starting to feel like a celebrity. Okay. Time to talk.

Takes a deeeep breath

"Assalamu Alaikum. Ina wuni (good afternoon). I just want to say whatever is happening here is nobody's fault. Well maybe it is someone's fault but Hafsat should and can NOT be punished for it. I mean did you even give her a chance to explain?"

"Who called this mannerless girl here?" The old witch says with anger clear in her voice

"Excuse me! I called me here. And I might seem mannerless to you but I'm just trying to make things right since you adults are busy blaming the poor girl for something you're not sure she's guilty of. No offense"

"Hey girl! Are you here to teach us what's right and what's wrong?" Hanan's mother says

"No. Well.... Maybe"

"No wonder you're her granddaughter. You're just like her" the old witch scuffs

"I'll take that as a compliment" I shoot a fake sweet smile "back to business. I'm sure we all know that every human being has a right to free hearing"

"Young girl! It's better you keep boko (western education) aside. We're not here to......." A man in his forties says and I assume he is Hafsat's  evil uncle Musa. I hope you're proud of me for interrupting him

"That's the problem we Hausas have. We always say this is "boko" and there's no boko in our tradition. But everyone here went to boko. So why can't you apply boko in this case? And do you seriously think auren dole is the solution to this problem?"

"Someone send this mannerless girl out" the old witch commands

"No Hajiya. This girl has a point" Hanan's sweet Uncle Musty says "we didn't actually give Hafsat a chance to talk for herself. We just concluded"

"Thank you uncle Musty. And Hajiy you know Hanan and Hafsat don't get along but you just went with the flow. Because you hate Hafsat! And Hanan is your favorite and you thought this is a good opportunity to humiliate the poor girl? Why would you hate your own granddaughter because of her skin anyway? That is stupid. I'm being rude and disrespectful but it's the truth. No offense"

No one says anything

"I just want you to give Hafsat a chance. Let her explain everything. Allow me to show you something that will prove you all wrong" I walk to Hafsat, grab her phone and unlock it. I open her whatsapp and scroll to her chat with Hanan's husband.

"Get out!" The old witch commands

"I'm sorry. But I won't go anywhere till I finish what I came for" I walk to where the old witch is sitting and show her the phone. "Look! Look at your mistake. Hafsat only sent the pictures she was asked to send. Nothing more. If anyone should be blamed for anything then it should be Hanan's husband" Hanan eyes me "I mean he kept on calling and texting Hafsat but she kept ignoring them. What's her fault here? And this case is just stupid! I can't believe you all cleared your schedules to attend this baseless meeting. No offense once again"

"Just get out!!" Hanan's mother yelled

You guys should've seen her face. And Hanan's and the old witch's. "Okay, okay I'll leave since y'all are insisting. After all I've done whatever I came here to do. It was so nice meeting you all. I really hope we meet again- no not like this. Bye! I hope I was able to change your mind. Make the right decision please. I love you all too. Okay bye! Can't wait for our next meeting!"

Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Raji'un! I'm so deaddddd! Now I will be known as the mara kunya (the disrespectful one). What have I done ohh? Wish I could turn back time. But... If I look at the brighter side... This situation calls for Jamal's lyric

I do what I want
and say what I want with no apologies
Excuse me if I'm blunt
I say what I want with no apologies
And they won't shut me up, hell naw, hell naw
And they won't shut me up, hell naw, hell naw
I do what I want
And say what I want with no apologies

Now I feel relived. I'm such a genius....lemme rephrase that-I'M SUCH AN EVIL GENIUS 😈😈

30 minutes later.
In our whatsapp group

Me: en mata

Me: if something happens to me

Me: hold Hafsat's family responsible

Mufeeds: this human girl. What did you do?

Me: good afternoon to you too

Mufeeds: tell us what happened mana

Me: lonngggg story. We'll Skype later

Xuwaerah: Allah ya kaimu

Me: Ameen

Ohh God! What will I do with my life now? Thank God Maama isn't even around. So no one at home will know. Well unless I have a secret enemy.......

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So I really really really hope you enjoy this chapter. Vote and tell me what you think. Let's do this... Do you like my recap thing? If you don't I'll stop it. But I think it's like just so unique

So Hauwa is badass. I've always wanted to be badass but since I can't I decided to make my character badass. I'm so proud of Hauwa right now😌 I'm wearing that #proudmomma look right now.

So Hauwa...... Osheyy badderst. Haters can go to hell (all in bobrisky's voice)

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My keyboard got so used to my username and the emoji😂 I was like.....