The arrival of two proposals at her father's desk asking for the hand of his daughters in marriage sends Ayah's life off track.

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At the age of nineteen, Ayah had the dreams any girl her age would have; gaining admission into college, landing her first job, exploring the places she'd only ever dreamt of visiting, and most importantly - getting married to her dream guy, even though she knew how impossible that was.

The arrival of a marriage proposal at the desk of her father asking for the hands of her elder sister and hers in marriage sent her sister fleeing for dear life and leaving her two choices: living in the bondage of an unwanted marriage for the rest of her life, or following her sister's footsteps and diving head first for the wicked world that awaited.

Let the journey through an unforseen path begin.

The Unforseen Path

Ayah felt a tap to her shoulder. Another, and another. She pulled up her sleep mask, peeking open one eye to see who it was that had decided to disturb her sleep. 


She had barely had any sleep for a good time after the journey started. And when she did, she woke up with a massive headache. 


Her surroundings were barely lit enough, she could only make out Barakah's silhouette hovering over her. 


"Come on, barbie," Barakah said, her voice barely above a whisper. "We're here." 


Ayah stumbled out of the car after Barakah, still half asleep and extremely exhausted from the journey. The driver had only stopped thrice during the journey, all breaks not more than twenty minutes. Lucky for them, their driver didn't think not servicing his car before embarking on a journey was a joke. 


Chapter Ten