As they entered Imran's living room, he paused, trying to suppress a smile that was about to escape him unprepared, as he noticed Inna following them like someone who had committed a serious crime, her demeanor resembling that of someone who had lied to a king. Sadiya, too, began to feel annoyed by the rush they had made, as Inna's behavior was beyond comprehension.
Inna emerged from the room, holding onto her belongings, glaring at them with overall disdain, perceiving them as a bunch of troublemakers whose impatience led them to seek to burden others with work, making it difficult to stop the flow of water, but as Inna said. Imran sat down on a chair, gathering all his courage to face her, as if he was unaware that Inna was furious, glaring at him like someone who had been robbed.
"I swear, coming to this city and living in this house has become a disaster and a calamity. Oh Allah, I repent; if this is not a calamity, then what is it? Since I arrived here, I have not had a moment of peace, only calamity after calamity, every day with the kind of people I am forced to deal with," she said, looking at Sadiya, who had lowered her head.
No one responded to her, so she continued speaking in anger.
"It is disrespectful to say that while I am in this house, Imran, you are seeking to marry that girl with a childish attitude; does that mean I am of no use? Or is it that you do not know the struggles of pregnancy, childbirth, and raising a child? All you know is to get angry when a child is born; indeed, it is better to leave the halal out of shame," she said, feeling as if she could hit Imran.
"Please, Inna, be patient; no one knows you have returned home..."
"Shut your mouth, you troublemaker; you all are from the time of forty, and now you are starting to act like troublemakers, have you forgotten the pain you endured in your youth when men would add to your troubles because you did not know the pain of a man? You are now enjoying the sweetness of life, and you are giving in to the troubles of pregnancy and childbirth; indeed, it is a struggle," Inna interrupted Sadiya angrily.
Sadiya fell silent, saying nothing, but in her heart, she thought, "Inna, are you the one seeing calamity in your arrival, or are we the ones seeing various calamities? Since you came, you have not allowed us to enjoy today’s troubles, nor tomorrow’s; if it is not about seeking to speak and preventing life from being easy, it is as if we are in a room where you will suffocate us or you will bear the burden of pregnancy," Sadiya thought to herself.
"And you, Imran, I noticed that when shame was being distributed, you did not take any; when they were sharing knowledge, you were sleeping while I stood in the room, but you were busy holding onto a woman, claiming you are a worldly man," she said, glaring at Imran as if she would unleash her wrath upon him.
"Is she your wife?" Imran asked, indignantly, as if he had not spoken at all.
Inna simply opened her mouth in disbelief, looking at Imran, filled with astonishment at his words, she even lost her voice.
"I see that I have paid the bride price, or was it a gift given to me? If so..."
"Indeed, if you are alive, you will see something amazing; Imran, you are saying that Halima is my wife, but you have seen my neighbor, so let me remind you if you have forgotten, I am Azumi, I gave birth to the father of Sa'adiyya long before the days of the past, when did you ever know Halima, the girl you know after her mother finished her own troubles and struggles?"