TWENTY SEVEN
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The one week of preparation was up.
The Nikah was going to take place soon. She had never dreamt of marriage. Or even a relationship yet she was going to get married. She hadn't planned anything. Her parents did. The only she did was tell them she didn't want a big ceremony but she had a feeling they would do otherwise. That's all they ever did. The exact opposite of what she wanted.
"Aaliyah". Nadie called making her turn to look at her. She saw the sadness in her eyes but she'd be more sad if she didn't do this. For them. She just had to.
Her parents were officially selling her. She'd done wrong by coming into this world as Diya Aaliyah Uthman because she'd only seen evil in her life. Just eighteen. Few weeks to turn nineteen. She was getting married. Funny how she
