"Why do you stay with him?" Hajiya Ummi asked Salma. They were sitting outside on the terrace, since Mansur said she was allowed to come into the compound, but not the main house. Initially, Hajiya Ummi didn't want to come to the house again. She'd vowed to never set foot in Mansur's house again after he humiliated her the first time she came.
But Salma had begged her to reconsider. She was the only person whom she could talk to in their neighbourhood. The other women were either too standoffish, or they were to open with her.
Salma traced her fingers over her swollen left eye. She turned and stared at the walls of the house; her prison.
"I have no choice." she sighed.
"Don't be ridiculous. You have several options. You could take him to court. I'm sure your marriage would be dissolve
