Chapter Eighteen: The Engagement Preparation.

"Don't ask her that now?" Aunty Safina said to Ruqayya. Saving me from the Ambush.

"life saver" I whispered smiling at her and nodding like a fool. I had no answer for the question and I was glad she intervened.

"Her uncle would ask her tomorrow," she said, reminding me of the awkwardness I was about the face tomorrow.

"she would have to answer that in front of everyone," she said again, my smile fading as she spoke.

I wondered why our tradition made the engagement day so hard for a lady. In our tradition, the engagement day Was a day when the in-laws came to the house of a lady with boxes of clothes, jewellery and every accessory you could think of.

The gifts along with Date fruits would be handed over to the girl's family as a form of token for request.

The family of the bride accepts the gift only after the bride is asked very important questions which are;

"do you know this family?",

"there here on behave on their son to ask for your hand in marriage do you accept." "Do you