"Salamat was a victim of circumstance and was traumatized as a result of her past. She was willing to give life a chance but something seems to be missing.

The past came tumbling before her when she was already healing and could barely remember the pain. She became stigmatized and couldn't help but give in to despair.

Will she be able to overcome these troubles someday? Or will it affect her mental state and disrupt her matrimonial prospect? Will Habib's betrayal break her or make her stronger?"

THE STIGMA

　　It was a Monday morning and it was raining heavily.


　　Salamat was cold throughout the night because of the heavy rain and was unable to wake up on time for the early morning prayers. She woke up an hour past the hour of 5 a.m and scrambled out of bed to observe her prayer. After praying, she went back to bed and slept for another 3 hours.


　　The rain stopped at exactly 10:00 am.


　　Feeling hungry and cold, she went to the kitchen to boil some water for tea and she met her mother in the kitchen already cooking.


　　"Good morning mummy", she greeted kneeling.


　　"Morning Omowunmi", her mother answered. "How was your night?"


　　"It was fine mummy, just that it was cold", Salamat replied.


　　"No wonder you are just waking up", her mother said and smiled. "Your old man is still sleeping."


　　Salamat laughed and said, "Actually I woke up an hour ago. Daddy told me yesterday that we won't be traveling today again."


Chapter 8