Daddy had gone back to Taraba for two days now, and still Aisha wasn’t able to have the conversation with Mommy about him. She seemed to have refrained her from talking about anything that had to do with him, and Aisha had no other choice but to compile. Humaira was able to convince Abba about coming to Kano and she was coming today. They had been in the kitchen for two hours now, making all the things Aisha knew Humaira loved and even the ones they weren’t sure wether she loved or not.
“Mommy, I think this needs to be strained, don’t you think?” She lifted up the snack from the frying oil and showed it to Mommy. Cooking together with Mommt felt like the good old days. They had talked about everything and nothing, and Aisha had endlessly filled up her ears about Nasir. She was so happy th
