A Tense Family Gathering

Mama Amina spoke after noticing that everyone had arrived but remained completely silent.

Sister Seemah attempted to calm her.

“Mama, please be patient for a little while,” she said. “The others will arrive soon, and then you will hear everything.”

Mama Amina looked at the young people suspiciously.

“I hope you are not planning to create another problem,” she warned.

“You can all see the difficult situation we are already facing because of Hajiya’s illness.”

Sister Seemah shook her head.

“It is nothing like that, Mama.”

Despite her reassurance, the atmosphere remained heavy and uncomfortable.

Nana Attempts to Leave Before the Others Arrive

I stood up and turned towards Turaki.

“Habiby, please allow me to leave,” I said.

Turaki immediately refused.

“You are not going anywhere. I have already told you.”

Sister Seemah looked at me.

“Why do you want to leave?” she asked.

I lowered my voice.

“I do not want them to arrive and find me sitting here.”

She studied my face carefully.

“Have you done something wrong that makes you afraid of facing them?”

I shook my head.

“No.”

“Then return to your seat,” she instructed.

I did not argue with her. I quietly sat down again.

Mama Amina continued expressing her concern.

“Please, children, do not bring us a problem we cannot handle,” she said.

“You can all see that we already have a sick person to care for.”

Hajiya Falmata Arrives in Anger

At that exact moment, Hajiya Falmata entered the house in a visibly furious state.

“What kind of nonsense is this?” she demanded.

“I have been moving from one place to another simply because I wanted to see my daughter.”

Her voice immediately increased the tension inside the room.

Everyone turned towards her, but before anyone could properly explain what was happening, Islaha reacted.

Islaha Runs to Her Mother and Breaks Down

Islaha immediately rose to her feet and rushed towards Hajiya Falmata.

The moment she reached her mother, she broke down in tears.

Hajiya Falmata held her tightly.

“What happened?” she asked anxiously.

“What did they do to you? Why are you crying?”

Islaha shook her head while attempting to control her emotions.

“Mommy, everything is fine.”

However, her tears clearly showed that everything was not fine.

Hajiya Falmata turned her attention towards Turaki.

Hajiya Falmata Questions Islaha’s Divorce

“Did that disrespectful man divorce you?” Hajiya Falmata asked angrily.

She pointed directly towards Turaki.

“And what are you still doing inside Seemah’s house after everything that happened?”

Mama Amina looked confused.

“I do not understand,” she said.

She turned towards Turaki.

“Turaki, are you the one who divorced Islaha?”

“For what reason did you divorce her?”

Everyone waited for Turaki’s response, but another discovery quickly shifted their attention.

Alisha Notices Islaha’s Pregnancy

Alisha’s eyes suddenly moved towards Islaha’s stomach.

It had become noticeably large and could no longer be hidden.

Alisha stared at Turaki in disbelief.

“You waited until she became pregnant before divorcing her?” she demanded.

Only then did I raise my head and look towards them.

Turaki also lifted his face and calmly studied the people confronting him.

His answer shocked everyone inside the room.

Turaki Makes a Shocking Revelation

“She became pregnant by herself,” Turaki replied coldly.

“I did not make her pregnant.”

He looked directly at the family members questioning him.

“Ask her yourselves. That pregnancy is the reason I divorced her.”

Silence briefly filled the room as everyone attempted to understand the meaning of his words.

Hajiya Falmata immediately exploded with anger.

“To hell with you, Turaki!” she cursed.

“What exactly are you trying to say?”

She pointed towards Islaha’s stomach.

“Are you saying that the child inside Islaha does not belong to you?”

“Then does it belong to your father?”

Mama Amina attempted to calm her.

“Your problem is that you immediately begin insulting people,” she said.

“Please, Hajiya Falmata, calm down so that we can understand what happened.”

Hajiya Falmata Accuses the Family of Hiding the Truth

Hajiya Falmata refused to calm down.

“Amina, leave me alone,” she replied.

“You already knew everything because I found my daughter inside your house.”

“You also knew about the plan they were preparing against her, yet none of you said anything until now.”

“Yes, I insulted him, and I will continue to do so.”

Her words suggested that she believed Turaki and the others had secretly planned to disgrace or mistreat Islaha.

Sister Seemah Defends Turaki’s Actions

Sister Seemah immediately rejected Hajiya Falmata’s accusation.

“We did not plan anything against her,” she explained.

“What we did was protect her dignity.”

She looked towards Islaha before continuing.

“Turaki discovered that Islaha was pregnant, but he concealed the matter because he did not want her to be publicly disgraced.”

“Instead of appreciating that he protected her secret, you came here and began insulting him.”

The explanation introduced another serious question.

If Turaki was not responsible for Islaha’s pregnancy, then who was the father of her unborn child?

And why had Islaha refused to tell her mother the truth?

A Family Divided by Divorce, Pregnancy and Accusations

The gathering that had begun in silence quickly transformed into a serious family confrontation.

Hajiya Falmata believed her daughter had been treated unfairly, while Sister Seemah claimed that Turaki had actually protected Islaha from humiliation.

Mama Amina remained concerned that the conflict would become another heavy burden while the family was already caring for the sick Hajiya.

Islaha, meanwhile, remained trapped between her mother’s anger, Turaki’s accusation and the secret surrounding her pregnancy.

Read Sartse Book 3 Complete Hausa Novel

This chapter of Sartse Book 3 Complete Hausa Novel reveals that Turaki divorced Islaha because he believes her pregnancy belongs to another man.

Hajiya Falmata refuses to accept his claim and accuses the family of secretly planning against her daughter.

Sister Seemah insists that Turaki concealed Islaha’s pregnancy only to protect her dignity and prevent public disgrace.

The truth now depends on Islaha, who must explain how she became pregnant and identify the person responsible.

Continue reading to discover the identity of the unborn child’s father, whether Islaha will confess the truth and how Hajiya Falmata’s confrontation will affect Turaki and the rest of the family.

Explore more complete Hausa novels, family dramas, emotional stories and English translations on this website.