"At Baffa's place, you’re telling him that you brought him and he chased him from work!" _(His parents.)_
"Now let me tell you, all the Bakori company workers and the contractors
who gathered and you agreed with, do you not know you’re suffering from a 'kwakwalwa' illness, Ma'aruf?"
"Now let me tell you, all the Bakori company workers and all
the colleagues and people you agreed with, do you now
not know that you’re suffering from a 'kwakwalwa' problem? Do you
not know that this disease is from you, Ma'aruf?"
Ishaq’s voice rose at the time he was saying that,
his voice was coming out filled with an angry tone and
all kinds of things that he was saying, and even at
that time you could see the anger in Ma'aruf’s eyes as
he gave a sign with words that meant he
wanted to understand what 'kwakwalwa' was. He didn’t say anything, he just continued.
_"What made you come out just now? Do you know I told you to stay
inside until you went and did what you did?!..."_
He asked and was waiting for him to answer.
_"... The office doctor called me, he called
me personally Ma'aruf! He explained to me the full condition that
you’re in, and he informed me of what you’re doing since it happened,
if anyone continues talking like that, my patience
is about to run out completely Ma'aruf! You’re about
to lose everything."_
_"And so what if I lose?!"_
When Ma'aruf said that he ended it at one point and raised
his voice and gave his mother a look until his eyes had
light in them. His look was like at the time when tears were
in his eyes, his condition was getting worse like
someone who was in deep sorrow.
_"Do you know what if I lose? If it’s even until the time
of death that I don’t care, I am not worried about anything in this world
that you’re telling me, what if I lose my mind?"_
He just shook his head and continued looking at him.
_"I’m telling you Ma'aruf that we buried Ishaq ten years ago
and you agreed, I know you’re just a child, but Ma'aruf you
already died, he is not here."_
He was about to say something else, at the exact time that
the bedroom door opened, a white man appeared on
his face and said.
_"What in the world are you two talking abou..."_
He didn’t finish because the look that both of them gave
made him turn his eyes away, then he quickly
went back and closed the door, and both of them
let out a sigh at the same time.
Shiru was counting seconds: one, two, three... before
Ishaq calmed down and sat at the side.
_"How many people are in this room?"_
Ma'aruf ended the silence and his voice returned to normal,
with a deep voice coming from downstairs.
_"Hudu, you were unconscious for three days in Nigeria
before we came
