Anissa heard the gates open. The loud creak of the gates made her heart flutter with nervousness.
He's back. She thought to herself. All this time, she never felt nervous.
It had been two days since she discovered that she was pregnant. And perhaps this was the only time she actually felt happy. A new ray of hope bloomed in her heart and caused her to look at life in a new perspective.
She was looking at life with a positive attitude once again. Shehryaar might've showed her a very dark and dangerous side of life, but Allah is always greater and always has the best plan. And that was the beauty of hope, it gave you a new perspective on things in a much brighter light.
She smiled as she placed her hand on her abdomen: from what she could decipher from the signs and symptoms, she must be seven to eight weeks along, adding up the time since she had been married.
"My baby, it's time to tell you father about you." She whispered to herself.