I was walking, walking as if I was going to fall because of the speed and the way I looked back, my only goal was to get far away from Assadiq's house before what I was running for happened to me.

As far as I knew, no one saw me leave and even as I started walking far away I didn't hear anyone following behind me.

I even removed my veil from my face and relaxed and started walking, looking for a ride that would stop me.

As if from above I heard my name being called out loudly

“HASIYA..!”

My head fell! My body started shaking and I couldn't turn around because of the confusion I had caused, I heard what sounded like Assadiq's voice.

Tahir didn't wait for Hasiya to turn around and walked in front of her, in surprise I stood up looking at him with my mouth hanging open wondering why he followed me?

And when he saw me, was it when I left? Then a thought told me that maybe Assadiq saw you leave and sent you to him.

 Then I felt a little peace, except for a moment. If you looked at me, you would know that I was in a state of fear and panic.

He was looking at me from top to bottom, with a look of humiliation and humiliation.

Then I drank my own blood and threw myself down, writhing in agony, unable to speak.

 In a deep voice, Tahir said, "Tell me the truth, is there really still a marriage between you and Sadiq?" 

My heart pounded even harder! I quickly got up and looked at him in surprise at his words, he became even more agitated and his voice became even more hoarse. He said, "Tell me the truth if you want to save your dignity, and if you lie to me, you will be insulting yourself, oh my." 

My body started to shake and I started to try to pull back, because the way we were standing, no one would understand anything. The thought of stopping me while we were talking. 

I was at a loss for what to say to him. Since Assadiq did not give me this privilege, and I did not want to be the one to reveal the secret that God had hidden from him, I let everything be heard from his mouth. Maybe my time with Assadiq was over. If I told him what was between us, he would come to ruin everything since in the words of his understanding friend, he also thought of Assadiq and leaving me alone. 

While I was in this thought, I felt  He continued to say, "You are not a fool, teacher. Tell me the truth and go your way in peace, otherwise? Umh!" He said, biting his lip. Seeing this, my eyes widened in shock and my body shook. "No, no."  “There is nothing between me and him.”

The look he gave me made me swear and say “By God, I'm telling the truth..”

“You're lying, you're telling the truth, teacher.”

His words interrupted me and I fell silent, averting my eyes like someone who had lied, even though I was lying, I tried to suppress the tears that were coming my way. Don't cry and make people understand something and gather around this and it's true that everything is ruined for me, Hasiya.

He definitely knew I was lying, because Sadiq would never tell him something that wasn't true, since he confessed he knew there was something underneath.

In a loud voice he said “Sadiq told me everything because you were still his wife, this is the first time you've lied to me and I had to warn you about this.”

He said and pointed at me with his finger and quickly put my hands together saying "Please forgive me, Rufamin Asiri, let me do it  “My journey.”

He said quickly, “You will go now, amm, then tell me who brought you to this house? Tell me more lies this time, I will not let you down.”

I said quickly, “Yes, it was Saliha, my friend Saliha invited me.”

He looked at me in surprise before he said, “Saliha? Where is she?”

With a trembling mouth, I said, “Saliha is Assadiq's sister who is getting married in Ibadan.”

With a raised eyebrow, he said, “I see the town, sir? Where did you know each other?”

Wiping my nose, I began to tell him the story of my first meeting with Saliha and Assadiq's family in Kaduna.

He said, surprised, “Are you Salima's husband's sister?”

I nodded quickly, wiping the tears from my eyes.

 In a grin, Tahir said, “So if I know who Assadiq is, you came to see for yourself, right?”

I couldn't help but notice him. He continued, “Good. I'm glad you came, see what you can do to further understand that Sadiq is not your marriage partner, and further understand that your life is not yours alone.”

He paused to catch his breath before he raised his hand and showed me Assadiq's house. At one point, he said, “Do you see this house? With all the people in it?”

I shook my head at him like someone who had lied, he didn't care, he continued, “So this is the true truth of Sadiq's life. The one you knew before was not his life, this life was a lie, this one you saw with your own eyes is the Zahirin of Abubakar Sulaiman Abubakar Shinkafi, I hope you understand?”