Chapter 45

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As expected, the news spread throughout the city like a highly contagious virus. It was the only thing anyone who was anyone talked about. Afrah Aminu, the rarest of them all, had finally gotten hitched.

It was to be expected, of course. Growing up, Afrah had always been compared to her more vibrant and tenacious sister, and people always wondered why she never had any friends. Anyone who knew their family -and there were a lot of them- knew that Afrah didn't talk to anyone. She was different like that, and it had long since been accepted that that was just the way she wanted to live her life.

Afrah's mother spared no effort in making sure that the wedding would be the most talked about event for months to come. Within a matter of days, invitations began to go out. The envelopes were a bright shade of gold, with the writing in silver and an elegantly designed A&A on the front. Everyone who received one smiled satisfactorily, while those who didn't found solace in complaining to e