*Raihana* had finished the Isha prayer. She sat where she prayed and didn’t get up.  

Her mother told her since she finished she should come and tell her the story, but she didn’t even finish closing her mouth.  

*Gwaggo* came and entered the mother’s room. There was no greeting.  

"The groom from Amarya’s house, the one at the gate, is waiting for _Raihana_" he said with a smile on his face, then finished the story laughing.

*"Tsk" Raihana* then said she wasn’t going.  

Gwaggo said "Are you the one saying that?"  

"Raihana, don’t say that. If you know a bad man, you hate him. You’ve always hated men."

Gwaggo said "Who else will cry and say ‘I’m sad’???" The talk was breaking her heart.  

Raihana said that these days girls are just looking for money, not like before when it was *Aminu* and *Bane*.  

Gwaggo then said "So you also want to suffer the pain of marriage now and you want me to carry it?"

Raihana said she had to be careful because there was no trustworthy man to marry.  

Then her sister *Gwaggo* got up and grabbed her strongly and said "Truly today I saw the evil of women. I swear to Allah, I saw the evil of women with my own eyes."  

Gwaggo told her she was not joking with her, that if she didn’t want to marry again she should never come to their house or even call her bad names.

Raihana was so scared she couldn’t even say the prayer properly.  

She stood up and went to wash, removed her hijab, and prayed.  

Gwaggo got up looking very sad and angry, and went to *Yusufa’s* place or work and told him "Your wife, that girl, she’s acting like she poured water on herself and the kerosene."  

Her mother didn’t say anything, but Gwaggo stood up from behind and went into her room...

At the gate, Raihana met *Yusufa* standing. She saw his face and didn’t like it at all.  

His eyes were red, his teeth were showing and he was even chewing kola nut.  

So Raihana followed Yusufa and looked at him from the top of his head to his feet.

After she finished looking at him, she came back and they looked each other straight in the eyes.  

Then she said "Hello," he answered with a smile and said "Raihana Raihana,"  

Raihana then said "By Allah, I got your message. Do you still want to marry me?"

Yusufa said "Eh darling, tsk Raihana" then said "From today until 7 days, bring the 5 million. If you bring the money, we will really come and arrange the marriage."

Yusufa’s sister got up and said "5 million, is that what you’re talking about???"

Raihana said "Eh, is it me you want???"  

She said "Eh, madam, you know I want to marry you. So bring the money. If not, don’t make a mistake and come back to the gate of our house."

A messenger came and was telling Raihana. She raised her hand and said she didn’t have any money with her and she, for now, until he brings the money, if he doesn’t bring it, she won’t listen to him again.  

She was going inside the house…