CHAPTER EIGHTEEN (ADAPTATIONS)

As soon as Tristan pulled up into the compound, she ran out of the car into the house barely holding in tears. She ran upstairs to her room and locked the door; Alhaja was about following her upstairs when Tristan walked into the house.

“Tristan?” she called out to him

He turned to Alhaja and prostrated in greeting “good afternoon Ma”

“Afternoon” she answered curiously “is everything okay?” she was referring to Zainab

“I don’t know Ma; it seems something happened at school”

Her mother looked towards the stairs before offering him a seat “have a seat”

He shook his head “I just got a call from Vee that she looked sick so I came to get her from school, but she insisted on coming here”

Alhaja shook her head “it’s difficult for her to take it all in, pregnancy isn’t exactly something that you just take in like that”

“So I have been told” he nodded sadly “I will come and get her later in the evening, I have to take care of something at the hospital”