The Kabir household was in an uproar on the 15th of September 2015. From the moment Hajiya Rahama woke up for Subhi prayer, so much had happened that the house had become akin to a market square.
She had run up and down the stairs so much that her old and weak knees were beginning to wobble from exhaustion. Right now she was leaning against the handrail on the landing, softly massaging her aching knee.
"Aunty Rahama, ina kike so in ajiye wannan gift box din (Aunty Rahama, where do you want me to drop this gift box)?" Sumaiyah her maid said.
"Wa ya kawo shi (Who brought it)?" Rahama asked, looking up at her lazily.
"Wata mata ce da koran kaya (It was a woman wearing green clothes)." she replied.
"That must be Maman Jamila. Drop it in my bedroom. But don't put it next to the other ones.
