Nana Remains in Bed Until the Afternoon

I remained lying down until approximately two o’clock in the afternoon.

Although my body was resting, my mind was filled with fear, confusion and memories of everything that had happened.

Eventually, I stood up and entered the bathroom to perform ablution.

After completing my prayer, I remained seated on the prayer mat.

The room was quiet, but the disturbing thoughts inside my mind would not allow me to find peace.

Sardauna’s Warning Returns to Nana

The words Sardauna had spoken to me at the hospital the previous day began repeating themselves inside my mind.

It felt as though he were standing beside me and saying them again.

“You should still expect to see many more things, Nana.”

I quickly shook my head, refusing to accept the fear created by his statement.

I did not want to believe that more pain, secrets and disappointment were waiting for me.

Nana Promises to Remain With Sardauna

“I will remain with you, Sardauna,” I said to myself.

“I will continue living here with you, even under these difficult circumstances.”

I desperately held onto the hope that whatever had changed him would eventually disappear.

“I know that one day you will return to me, my husband.”

I wanted to believe that patience and loyalty would restore his affection and repair our troubled marriage.

Nana Finds the Mysterious Medication

I reached into the drawer beside the bed, intending to collect my mobile phone.

Instead, my hand touched the tablets Sardauna had been giving me.

He had told me that the medication was intended to improve and repair my womb.

I picked up the tablets and stared at them for several moments.

I wanted to read the information printed on the packet and discover exactly what they were.

Although I had not received extensive formal education, I could read enough English to understand ordinary written instructions.

If I examined the packet carefully, I believed I would be able to understand what the medicine was genuinely meant to treat.

Nana Refuses to Discover the Truth

However, my heart prevented me from reading the label.

It refused to believe even a single word Sardauna had said to me.

I feared that reading the medication’s name might confirm the disturbing truth I was desperately trying to deny.

I stood up and carried the tablets into the bathroom.

Without reading the label or discovering what they contained, I threw all of them into the toilet.

I immediately flushed them away.

I watched as the water carried them out of sight.

I convinced myself that I must have misunderstood what I heard at the hospital.

Perhaps my ears had deceived me.

I refused to believe that Sardauna had genuinely meant his words in the way I understood them.

Nana Tries to Eat Despite Her Emotional Pain

It was approximately half past three in the afternoon when I finally entered the kitchen.

I poured myself a cup of tea and collected some of the cake that had remained since the day Bilkisu’s relatives visited.

I returned to the living room, sat down and began eating.

However, the cake had no taste in my mouth.

I continued chewing without enjoying it because my thoughts remained trapped in the hospital conversation and the medication I had destroyed.

I paid more attention to the tea than the cake.

My body needed food, but emotional pain had taken away my appetite.

Nana Chooses Hope Over the Painful Truth

Nana’s decision to destroy the medication shows how deeply she fears discovering the truth about her health and marriage.

Rather than examining the tablets, she chooses to protect the hope that Sardauna will eventually return to the loving husband she remembers.

However, avoiding the truth may place her in greater danger and prevent her from understanding why the medication was given to her.

Sardauna’s warning also suggests that Nana has not yet discovered every secret surrounding their marriage.

Read Sartse Book Two Complete Hausa Novel

This chapter of Sartse Book Two Complete Hausa Novel presents Nana as a woman trapped between painful reality and desperate hope.

She refuses to believe Sardauna’s disturbing revelation and destroys the mysterious tablets before learning their real purpose.

Her decision temporarily protects her emotions, but it may also prevent her from discovering an important truth about her body, her husband and their marriage.

Continue reading to discover what Sardauna meant at the hospital, why he gave Nana the tablets and whether she will eventually learn the truth she is trying to avoid.

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