Chapter 26

He stopped by the door to hear what they were discussing. He couldn’t just make a scene without having a valid reason for it. He leaned closer to the door and all he could hear was Hidayah crying as she ventured about the abortion.

“You know that I’ve lost my baby because of you. If not because I have taken those stupid pills you gave me, I wouldn’t have lost my baby! You’re so wicked, Adam. I am done being fooled by you!” She was angry, Ahmad could tell by the way she was yelling.

Adam threw back his head and let out a loud, humorless laugh. It annoyed Hidayah more. “So what? What’s there? Isn’t that what we wanted? To abort the baby… Now, the only thing left is for you to tell your so-called husband that you aborted the baby knowingly, then he’ll get angry and divorce you.”

She felt the muscles of her heart tighten with incredible force. “Are you out of your mind? I just lost my chi