Chapter 63

My baby girl was here.

I stayed at my parents place for almost a week. Two weeks seemed too long to be an in-house maid. The day after the six day prayer, I left to go home with Jacob. Just like the previous pregnancy, Jacob was at home but things were not done. He rarely visited us at my mums house. I got home to cleaning up a messy house.

It felt as if there was a bachelor living in this house.

The rental had now increased and I was on maternity leave.

With just two thirds of my salary to keep us afloat, I knew I could not just sit by and watch us go without food. Although our neighbor helped us out, we could not rely on them forever.

Jacob made no attempt to look for a job. After leaving his brothers workshop he was just staying at home, living his life freely.

Two weeks after delivering our baby, I applied to work part time.

I was given afternoon shifts. I was still breastfeeding and that made my breasts large and swollen. The feeling of when my baby cried for milk and was hungry